whisky

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Scotch whisky and with a snifter
Bottles of Scotch whisky at Charlie's Tavern, New York (c. 1947)
Oak barrels waiting for processing at the Whyte & MacKay Distillery in Invergordon, Scotland.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪski
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Etymology 1

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Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (water of life), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.

Noun

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whisky (countable and uncountable, plural whiskies)

  1. (Scotland, Canada, Australia) Alternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, (particularly) Scotch; a drink of this liquor. [early 18th century]
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
Usage notes
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The regional spellings whisky and whiskey (from the Irish form of the same Gaelic word) are used worldwide to distinguish regional drinks, for example Scotch whisky, but Irish whiskey and bourbon whiskey.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From whisk +‎ -y.

Noun

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whisky (plural whiskies)

  1. (historical) Alternative form of whiskey, a light gig or carriage.
    • 1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 7-8,[1]
      Look into old age, you will see avarice joined to poverty—letchery, gout, impotency, like three monkeys, or London bucks, in a one-horse whisky, driving to the Devil.
    • 1797, Charlotte Lennox, chapter 4, in The History of Sir George Warrington[2], volume 1, London: J. Bell, page 46:
      At the appointed time Mr. Kettering’s one-horse chaise, or rather whisky, drove up to the door; for, as it was principally intended for him to visit his patients, when disinclined to mount his horse, it was built in the lightest manner, and without a head, that it might move with the greater expedition.
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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky m (plural whiskys or whiskies)

  1. whisky, whiskey

Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪskɪ]
  • Hyphenation: whi‧s‧ky

Noun

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whisky f (indeclinable)

  1. whisky, whiskey

Further reading

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  • whisky”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • whisky”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Noun

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whisky c (singular definite whiskyen, plural indefinite whiskyer)

  1. whiskey

Declension

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See also: Whisky and Whiskey

Dutch

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Etymology

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From English whisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪski/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

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whisky m (plural whisky's, diminutive whisky'tje n)

  1. (a glass of) whisky, whiskey

Finnish

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Etymology

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< English whiskey

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiski/, [ˈʋis̠k̟i]
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiski/, [ˈwis̠k̟i]

Noun

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whisky

  1. Alternative form of viski (whiskey).
  2. Alternative form of wiski (Finnish spelling alphabet for "W").

Declension

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Inflection of whisky (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative whisky whiskyt
genitive whiskyn whiskyjen
partitive whiskyä whiskyjä
illative whiskyyn whiskyihin
singular plural
nominative whisky whiskyt
accusative nom. whisky whiskyt
gen. whiskyn
genitive whiskyn whiskyjen
partitive whiskyä whiskyjä
inessive whiskyssä whiskyissä
elative whiskystä whiskyistä
illative whiskyyn whiskyihin
adessive whiskyllä whiskyillä
ablative whiskyltä whiskyiltä
allative whiskylle whiskyille
essive whiskynä whiskyinä
translative whiskyksi whiskyiksi
abessive whiskyttä whiskyittä
instructive whiskyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of whisky (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative whiskyni whiskyni
accusative nom. whiskyni whiskyni
gen. whiskyni
genitive whiskyni whiskyjeni
partitive whiskyäni whiskyjäni
inessive whiskyssäni whiskyissäni
elative whiskystäni whiskyistäni
illative whiskyyni whiskyihini
adessive whiskylläni whiskyilläni
ablative whiskyltäni whiskyiltäni
allative whiskylleni whiskyilleni
essive whiskynäni whiskyinäni
translative whiskykseni whiskyikseni
abessive whiskyttäni whiskyittäni
instructive
comitative whiskyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative whiskysi whiskysi
accusative nom. whiskysi whiskysi
gen. whiskysi
genitive whiskysi whiskyjesi
partitive whiskyäsi whiskyjäsi
inessive whiskyssäsi whiskyissäsi
elative whiskystäsi whiskyistäsi
illative whiskyysi whiskyihisi
adessive whiskylläsi whiskyilläsi
ablative whiskyltäsi whiskyiltäsi
allative whiskyllesi whiskyillesi
essive whiskynäsi whiskyinäsi
translative whiskyksesi whiskyiksesi
abessive whiskyttäsi whiskyittäsi
instructive
comitative whiskyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative whiskymme whiskymme
accusative nom. whiskymme whiskymme
gen. whiskymme
genitive whiskymme whiskyjemme
partitive whiskyämme whiskyjämme
inessive whiskyssämme whiskyissämme
elative whiskystämme whiskyistämme
illative whiskyymme whiskyihimme
adessive whiskyllämme whiskyillämme
ablative whiskyltämme whiskyiltämme
allative whiskyllemme whiskyillemme
essive whiskynämme whiskyinämme
translative whiskyksemme whiskyiksemme
abessive whiskyttämme whiskyittämme
instructive
comitative whiskyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative whiskynne whiskynne
accusative nom. whiskynne whiskynne
gen. whiskynne
genitive whiskynne whiskyjenne
partitive whiskyänne whiskyjänne
inessive whiskyssänne whiskyissänne
elative whiskystänne whiskyistänne
illative whiskyynne whiskyihinne
adessive whiskyllänne whiskyillänne
ablative whiskyltänne whiskyiltänne
allative whiskyllenne whiskyillenne
essive whiskynänne whiskyinänne
translative whiskyksenne whiskyiksenne
abessive whiskyttänne whiskyittänne
instructive
comitative whiskyinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative whiskynsä whiskynsä
accusative nom. whiskynsä whiskynsä
gen. whiskynsä
genitive whiskynsä whiskyjensä
partitive whiskyään
whiskyänsä
whiskyjään
whiskyjänsä
inessive whiskyssään
whiskyssänsä
whiskyissään
whiskyissänsä
elative whiskystään
whiskystänsä
whiskyistään
whiskyistänsä
illative whiskyynsä whiskyihinsä
adessive whiskyllään
whiskyllänsä
whiskyillään
whiskyillänsä
ablative whiskyltään
whiskyltänsä
whiskyiltään
whiskyiltänsä
allative whiskylleen
whiskyllensä
whiskyilleen
whiskyillensä
essive whiskynään
whiskynänsä
whiskyinään
whiskyinänsä
translative whiskykseen
whiskyksensä
whiskyikseen
whiskyiksensä
abessive whiskyttään
whiskyttänsä
whiskyittään
whiskyittänsä
instructive
comitative whiskyineen
whiskyinensä

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky m (plural whiskies or whiskys)

  1. whisky, whiskey
    Synonym: (rare) visqui

Further reading

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English whisky.

Noun

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whisky m (plural whiskys)

  1. whisky, whiskey

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From English whisky (probably via Danish whisky).

Noun

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whisky (plural whiskyt)

  1. whisky

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English whisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈviski] (phonetic respelling: viszki)
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky
  • Rhymes: -ki

Noun

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whisky (plural whiskyk)

  1. whisky (USA, Ireland: whiskey)

Declension

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Inflection of whisky
singular plural
nominative whisky whiskyk
accusative whiskyt whiskyket
dative whiskynek whiskyknek
instrumental whiskyvel whiskykkel
causal-final whiskyért whiskykért
translative whiskyvé whiskykké
terminative whiskyig whiskykig
essive-formal whiskyként whiskykként
essive-modal
inessive whiskyben whiskykben
superessive whiskyn whiskyken
adessive whiskynél whiskyknél
illative whiskybe whiskykbe
sublative whiskyre whiskykre
allative whiskyhez whiskykhez
elative whiskyből whiskykből
delative whiskyről whiskykről
ablative whiskytől whiskyktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
whiskyé whiskyké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
whiskyéi whiskykéi
Possessive forms of whisky
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. whiskym whiskyjeim(or whiskyim)
2nd person sing. whiskyd whiskyjeid(or whiskyid)
3rd person sing. whiskyje whiskyjei(or whiskyi)
1st person plural whiskynk whiskyjeink(or whiskyink)
2nd person plural whiskytek whiskyjeitek(or whiskyitek)
3rd person plural whiskyjük whiskyjeik(or whiskyik)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ski/, /uˈi.ski/[1]
  • Rhymes: -iski
  • Hyphenation: whì‧sky

Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, alternative form of usque, shortening of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha (literally water of life) and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (literally water of life).

Noun

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whisky m (invariable)

  1. (countable and uncountable) whisky, whiskey

Further reading

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  • whisky1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, derived from whisk.

Noun

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whisky m (invariable)

  1. whisky (a kind of light carriage)

Further reading

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  • whisky2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References

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  1. ^ whisky in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norman

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Etymology

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From English whisky, ultimately from Old Irish uisce.

Noun

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whisky m (plural whiskys)

  1. (Jersey) whisky, whiskey

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.

Noun

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whisky m (definite singular whiskyen, indefinite plural whiskyer, definite plural whiskyene)

  1. whisky

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.

Noun

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whisky m (definite singular whiskyen, indefinite plural whiskyar, definite plural whiskyane)

  1. whisky

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky f (indeclinable)

  1. whisky, whiskey

Further reading

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  • whisky in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • whisky in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈis.ki/ [ʊˈis.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwis.ki/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /uˈiʃ.ki/ [ʊˈiʃ.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwiʃ.ki/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈis.ke/ [ʊˈis.ke], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwis.ke/

Noun

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whisky m (plural whiskies)

  1. Alternative form of uísque

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French whisky, from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ski/, /ˈuj.ski/

Noun

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whisky n (plural whisky-uri)

  1. whisky, whiskey

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English whisky, from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and Irish uisce beatha (water of life).

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Noun

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whisky f nondeclinable

  1. whisky, whiskey

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • whisky”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky m (plural whiskys)

  1. whisky (alcoholic liquor)

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English whisky.

Noun

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whisky c

  1. whisky, whiskey (alcoholic drink)

Declension

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