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whisky

See also: Whisky and Whiskey

whisky - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky (countable and uncountable, plural whiskies)

  1. (chiefly UK and Canada) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in oak barrels.
  2. (chiefly UK and Canada) A drink of this liquor.
  3. (historical) A light gig or carriage.

Usage notes

The regional spellings whisky and whiskey are also used worldwide to distinguish regional drinks, for example Scotch whisky, but Irish whiskey and bourbon whiskey.

Derived terms

Translations

whisky - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈwis.ki/

Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys or whiskies)

  1. whisky, whiskey

whisky - Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈvɪskɪ]
  • Hyphenation: whi‧s‧ky

Noun

whisky f (indeclinable)

  1. whisky, whiskey

whisky - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈʋɪski/
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

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

  1. (a glass of) whisky, whiskey

whisky - French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /wis.ki/

Noun

whisky m (plural whiskies or whiskys)

  1. whisky, whiskey

whisky - Galician

Noun

whisky m (plural [please provide])

  1. whisky, whiskey

whisky - Greenlandic

Noun

whisky (plural whiskyt)

  1. whisky

whisky - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈviski] (phonetic respelling: viszki)
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky (plural whiskyk)

  1. whisky (USA, Ireland: whiskey)

Declension

Inflection of whisky
Possessive forms of whisky

whisky - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwi.ski/, /uˈi.ski/
  • Hyphenation: whì‧sky

Noun

whisky m (invariable)

  1. (countable and uncountable) whisky, whiskey

Noun

whisky m (invariable)

  1. whisky (a kind of light carriage)

whisky - Norman

Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys)

  1. (Jersey) whisky, whiskey

whisky - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. whisky

whisky - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. whisky

whisky - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwɨs.ki/, /ˈwis.ki/
  • Syllabification: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky f (indeclinable)

  1. whisky, whiskey

whisky - Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /uˈis.ki/ [ʊˈis.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwis.ki/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈwiʃ.ki/
  • Homophone: uísque (Brazil)
  • Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky m (plural whiskies)

  1. Alternative form of uísque

whisky - Romanian

Alternative forms

  • uischi

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwi.ski/, /ˈuj.ski/

Noun

whisky n (plural whisky-uri)

  1. whisky, whiskey

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) whisky whisky-ul (niște) whisky-uri whisky-urile
genitive/dative (unui) whisky whisky-ului (unor) whisky-uri whisky-urilor
vocative whisky-ule whisky-urilor

whisky - Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈviski]

Noun

whisky f nondeclinable

  1. whisky, whiskey

Derived terms

  • whiskový

whisky - Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwiski/ [ˈwis.ki]
  • Syllabification: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys)

  1. whisky (alcoholic liquor)

whisky - Swedish

Noun

whisky c

  1. whisky, whiskey (alcoholic drink)

Declension

Declension of whisky 
Meaning and Definition of whisky
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