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masculine

/wis.ki/

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Translation

whisky

Word origin

Borrowed from English whisky, itself a shortening of Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha ('water of life'), a translation of the Latin aqua vitae.

Origin: Scottish Gaelic
Root: uisge beatha
English cognates: whisky

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralwhiskys

Examples

He has a whisky every evening before bed.

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Two whiskies, please.

'Écosse.

This whisky comes from Scotland.

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She put a drop of water in her whisky.

The whiskies in this shop are very expensive.

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This word is part of lesson 41.