whiskybae

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• Whisky — Whis|ky 〈[vı̣ski] od. engl. [wı̣skı] m. 6〉 goldgelber Kornbranntwein; →a. Whiskey [<engl. whisky, Kurzform von whiskybae <gälisch uisge beatha „Lebenswasser“] * * * Whịs|ky [ vɪski , …ki, wɪski], der; s, s [engl. whiskey, whisky, gek. aus… …   Universal-Lexikon

• List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin — This is a list of English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic. Some of these are common in Scottish English and Scots but less so in other varieties of English.Word of Gaelic origin; Airt : Point of the compass, from àird (pronounced|aːrˠtʲ),… …   Wikipedia

• whiskey — /hwis kee, wis /, n., pl. whiskeys, adj. n. 1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol. 2. a drink of whiskey. 3. a word used in communications to …   Universalium

• Whiskyflasche — Whịs|ky [ vɪski , …ki, wɪski], der; s, s [engl. whiskey, whisky, gek. aus älter: whiskybae, Nebenf. von: usquebaugh < gäl. uisgebeatha = Lebenswasser]: aus Gerste od. Malz hergestellter [schottischer] Branntwein mit rauchigem Geschmack: einen …   Universal-Lexikon

• whisky — 1whi·sky s.m.inv. AU acquavite tipica dei paesi anglosassoni, ottenuta dalla distillazione di vari cereali: whisky liscio, con ghiaccio; whisky scozzese, irlandese, americano {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI: whiskey. DATA: 1823. ETIMO: dall ingl.… …   Dizionario italiano

• Whisky — Whis|ky 〈[vı̣ski] od. engl. [wı̣skı] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 engl. od. schott. Kornbranntwein; →a. s. Whiskey [Etym.: <engl., whisky, Kurzform von whiskybae <gälisch uisge beatha »Lebenswasser«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

• whisky — / wiski/, it. / wiski/ (o whiskey) s. ingl. [accorc. di whiskybae, var. di usquebaugh, dal gaelico uisgebeatha, acquavite ], usato in ital. al masch. (enol.) [bevanda ottenuta per distillazione da mosti fermentati di uno o più cereali]… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

• whisky — [18] Whisky denotes etymologically ‘water of life’. The word is short for an earlier whiskybae, which was an alteration of usquebaugh; and this in turn was an anglicization of Gaelic uisge beatha ‘water of life’ (Gaelic uisge ‘water’ comes from… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• Whisky — Sm erw. fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. whisky, dieses aus ne. whiskybae, usquebaugh, aus schott. gäl. uisgebeatha, eigentlich Lebenswasser . Die Form Whiskey ist in Amerika und Irland üblich.    Ebenso nndl. whisky, ne. whisky, nfrz …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

• whisky — noun (plural whiskies) 1》 (also Irish & US whiskey) a spirit distilled from malted grain, especially barley or rye. 2》 (whiskey) a code word representing the letter W, used in radio communication. Origin C18: abbrev. of obs. whiskybae, var. of… …   English new terms dictionary