liqueur
A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high…A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.
» Have you ever drunk hazelnut liqueur?
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.
Likör
ликёрlikjór
ліке́рlikér
- strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
Examples
11 sentencesHave you ever drunk hazelnut liqueur?
I'm going to stop drinking strong liqueurs.
He won't say no to a little liqueur.
ruОн не откажется от рюмочки ликёра. — Ooneykcall
deZu einem Gläschen Likör wird er nicht nein sagen. — al_ex_an_der
He won't say no to a glass of liqueur.
deZu einem Gläschen Likör wird er nicht nein sagen. — al_ex_an_der
I prefer vodka myself, though I don't mind the occasional liqueur.
Translations
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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
plural: liqueursSynonyms
1 synonyms- strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal:cordial
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.