Meaning

2 senses
  1. To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur

  2. To top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

    Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Have you ever drunk hazelnut liqueur?

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  2. I'm going to stop drinking strong liqueurs.

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  3. He won't say no to a little liqueur.

    ruОн не откажется от рюмочки ликёра.

    deZu einem Gläschen Likör wird er nicht nein sagen.

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  4. He won't say no to a glass of liqueur.

    deZu einem Gläschen Likör wird er nicht nein sagen.

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  5. I prefer vodka myself, though I don't mind the occasional liqueur.

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.

Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.

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Forms

liqueurs, liqueuring, liqueured, liqueured
Base formliqueur · to liqueur
3rd person singularliqueurs
Present participleliqueuring
Past simpleliqueured
Past participleliqueured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyliqueur
he, she, itliqueurs

Past simpleLesson

all personsliqueured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave liqueured
he, she, ithas liqueured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill liqueur

See also

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