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English

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Scotch whisky with asnifter
Bottles of Scotch whisky at Charlie's Tavern,New York(c. 1947)
Oak barrels waiting for processing at the Whyte & MacKay Distillery inInvergordon,Scotland.

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Variant ofusque, abbreviation ofusquebaugh (compareobsoletewhiskybae), fromScottish Gaelicuisge-beatha(“water of life”),calque ofMedieval Latinaqua vitae. Compareakvavit,aquavit,aqua vitae,eau de vie, andwater of life from the same source.

Noun

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whisky (countable anduncountable,pluralwhiskies)

  2. (Scotland, Canada, Australia)Alternative form ofwhiskey,analcoholicliquordistilled fromfermentedgrain,usuallyaged inoak barrels,(particularly)Scotch; adrink of thisliquor.[early 18th century]
    Synonym:(chiefly Ireland, Scotland, dated or archaic)usquebaugh
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weakwhisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
Usage notes
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Derived terms
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Translations
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whisky—seewhiskey

Etymology 2

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Fromwhisk +‎-y.

Noun

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whisky (pluralwhiskies)

  1. (historical)Alternative form ofwhiskey(“a lightgig orcarriage”).
    • 1768,Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, inLetters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 7-8,[1]
      Look into old age, you will see avarice joined to poverty—letchery, gout, impotency, like three monkeys, or London bucks, in a one-horsewhisky, driving to the Devil.
    • 1797,Charlotte Lennox, chapter 4, inThe History of Sir George Warrington‎[2], volume 1, London: J. Bell, page46:
      At the appointed time Mr. Kettering’s one-horsechaise, or ratherwhisky, drove up to the door; for, as it was principally intended for him to visit his patients, when disinclined to mount his horse, it was built in the lightest manner, and without a head, that it might move with the greater expedition.
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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhiskysorwhiskies)

  1. whisky,whiskey

Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky f (indeclinable)

  1. whisky,whiskey

Further reading

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Danish

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Noun

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whisky c (singular definitewhiskyen,plural indefinitewhiskyer)

  1. whiskey

Declension

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Declension ofwhisky
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativewhiskywhiskyenwhiskyerwhiskyerne
genitivewhiskyswhiskyenswhiskyerswhiskyernes
See also:WhiskyandWhiskey

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪski/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:whis‧ky

Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhisky's,diminutivewhisky'tje n)

  1. (a glass of)whisky,whiskey

Finnish

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Etymology

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<Englishwhiskey

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky

  1. alternative form ofviski(“whiskey”)
  2. alternative form ofwiski(“Finnish spelling alphabet for "W"”)

Declension

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Inflection ofwhisky (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominativewhiskywhiskyt
genitivewhiskynwhiskyjen
partitivewhiskyäwhiskyjä
illativewhiskyynwhiskyihin
singularplural
nominativewhiskywhiskyt
accusativenom.whiskywhiskyt
gen.whiskyn
genitivewhiskynwhiskyjen
partitivewhiskyäwhiskyjä
inessivewhiskyssäwhiskyissä
elativewhiskystäwhiskyistä
illativewhiskyynwhiskyihin
adessivewhiskylläwhiskyillä
ablativewhiskyltäwhiskyiltä
allativewhiskyllewhiskyille
essivewhiskynäwhiskyinä
translativewhiskyksiwhiskyiksi
abessivewhiskyttäwhiskyittä
instructive—whiskyin
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofwhisky(Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhiskiesorwhiskys)

  1. whisky,whiskey
    Synonym:(rare)visqui

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishwhisky.

Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhiskys)

  1. whisky,whiskey

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky (probably viaDanishwhisky).

Noun

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whisky (pluralwhiskyt)

  1. whisky

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈviski] (phonetic respelling: viszki)
  • Hyphenation:whis‧ky
  • Rhymes:-ki

Noun

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whisky (pluralwhiskyk)

  1. whisky (USA, Ireland:whiskey)

Declension

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Inflection ofwhisky
singularplural
nominativewhiskywhiskyk
accusativewhiskytwhiskyket
dativewhiskynekwhiskyknek
instrumentalwhiskyvelwhiskykkel
causal-finalwhiskyértwhiskykért
translativewhiskyvéwhiskykké
terminativewhiskyigwhiskykig
essive-formalwhiskykéntwhiskykként
essive-modal——
inessivewhiskybenwhiskykben
superessivewhiskynwhiskyken
adessivewhiskynélwhiskyknél
illativewhiskybewhiskykbe
sublativewhiskyrewhiskykre
allativewhiskyhezwhiskykhez
elativewhiskybőlwhiskykből
delativewhiskyrőlwhiskykről
ablativewhiskytőlwhiskyktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular		whiskyéwhiskyké
non-attributive
possessive – plural		whiskyéiwhiskykéi
Possessive forms ofwhisky
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.whiskymwhiskyjeim (orwhiskyim)
2nd person sing.whiskydwhiskyjeid (orwhiskyid)
3rd person sing.whiskyjewhiskyjei (orwhiskyi)
1st person pluralwhiskynkwhiskyjeink (orwhiskyink)
2nd person pluralwhiskytekwhiskyjeitek (orwhiskyitek)
3rd person pluralwhiskyjükwhiskyjeik (orwhiskyik)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishwhisky, alternative form ofusque, shortening ofusquebaugh, fromIrishuisce beatha(literally“water of life”) andScottish Gaelicuisge beatha(literally“water of life”).

Noun

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whisky m (invariable)

  1. (countable and uncountable)whisky,whiskey

Further reading

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  • whisky1 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishwhisky, derived fromwhisk.

Noun

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whisky m (invariable)

  1. whisky (a kind of lightcarriage)

Further reading

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  • whisky2 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References

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  1. ^whisky inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norman

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky, ultimately fromOld Irishuisce.

Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhiskys)

  1. (Jersey)whisky,whiskey

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky, originally fromGaelic.

Noun

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whisky m (definite singularwhiskyen,indefinite pluralwhiskyer,definite pluralwhiskyene)

  1. whisky

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky, originally fromGaelic.

Noun

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whisky m (definite singularwhiskyen,indefinite pluralwhiskyar,definite pluralwhiskyane)

  1. whisky

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Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky f (indeclinable)

  1. whisky,whiskey

Further reading

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  • whisky inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • whisky in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /uˈis.ki/[ʊˈis.ki],(faster pronunciation)/ˈwis.ki/
  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /uˈis.ki/[ʊˈis.ki],(faster pronunciation)/ˈwis.ki/
    • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA(key): /uˈiʃ.ki/[ʊˈiʃ.ki],(faster pronunciation)/ˈwiʃ.ki/
    • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /uˈis.ke/[ʊˈis.ke],(faster pronunciation)/ˈwis.ke/

Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhiskies)

  1. alternative form ofuísque

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchwhisky, fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ski/,/ˈuj.ski/

Noun

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whisky n (pluralwhisky-uri)

  1. whisky,whiskey

Declension

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singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativewhiskywhisky-ulwhisky-uriwhisky-urile
genitive-dativewhiskywhisky-uluiwhisky-uriwhisky-urilor
vocativewhisky-ulewhisky-urilor

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishwhisky, fromScottish Gaelicuisge-beatha andIrishuisce beatha(“water of life”).

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Noun

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whisky fnondeclinable

  1. whisky,whiskey

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “whisky”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishwhisky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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whisky m (pluralwhiskys)

  1. whisky(alcoholic liquor)

Interjection

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whisky

  1. cheese (said while being photographed)
    Synonym:(Spain)patata

Usage notes

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According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwhisky.

Noun

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whisky c

  1. whisky,whiskey (alcoholic drink)

Declension

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Declension ofwhisky
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitewhiskywhiskys
definitewhiskynwhiskyns
pluralindefinite——
definite——

Derived terms

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