spirits

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪts/

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Verb

spirits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit

Noun

spirits

1. plural of spirit

Noun

spirits pl (plural only)

2. (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) Distilled alcoholic beverages.

   Synonym: liquor (chiefly American English)

Derived terms

• animal spirits
• ardent spirits
• neutral spirits
• wood spirits

Translations

strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation

Arabic: كُحُول (ar) m (kuḥūl), خَمْر (ar) (ḵamr) Czech: destilát (cs) m, lihovina (cs) f Danish: likør (da) c, spiritus c Esperanto: alkoholaĵo, likvoro Finnish: viina (fi) French: spiritueux (fr) m pl Greek: οινοπνευματώδη (el) n pl (oinopnevmatódi) Hungarian: alkohol (hu), szesz (hu), szeszes ital (hu), rövidital (hu) Ingrian: viina Irish: biotáille f Latvian: spirts (lv) m Norwegian: sprit Persian: عرق (fa) ('araq) Polish: napój alkoholowy m Portuguese: destilados (pt) m pl Romanian: spirt (ro) n, spirturi n pl Russian: спирт (ru) m (spirt) Spanish: licor (es) Swahili: spiriti Swedish: sprit (sv) c Thai: สุรา (th) (sù-raa)

See also

• hard liquor
• short drink, shooter

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