cocktail

nl-noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

cocktails (plural)
cocktailtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


cocktail

They visited a bar noted for its wide range of cocktails.

[...] a certain candidate has placed in his account of Loss and Gain, the following items:-- LOSS [...] 411 glasses bitters[,] 25 do. cock-tail

1806 May 6, “Rum! Rum! Rum!”, in Balance and Columbian Repository, volume v, number 18, New York: Hudson, page 142:

Cock tail, then, is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called bittered sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.

1806 May 13, “Communication”, in Balance and Columbian Repository, volume v, number 19, New York: Hudson, page 146:

Deane opened the fray by declaring, à propos of dinners, that the only proper way to create a cocktail of the genus Martini was to add a half-spoonful of sherry after the other ingredients had been satisfactorily mixed, if at all.

1904, Charlotte Bryson Taylor, “Chapter VI”, in In the Dwellings of the Wilderness:

He moved majestically down to mix the cocktails. As he chipped ice, as he squeezed oranges, as he collected vast stores of bottles, glasses, and spoons at the sink in the pantry, he felt as authoritative as the bartender at Healey Hanson's saloon.

1922, Sinclair Lewis, “Chapter 8”, in Babbitt:

The cocktail in Britain is a rigidly-defined social institution: each has its own particular meaning—the G & T is the alcoholic equivalent of the interview suit; Pernod and black is an alternative to glue sniffing for repentant trendies, etc.

2011, Mark Polonsky et al., USSR: From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, page 32:

Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.

a cocktail of illegal drugs

Motor vehicles, for example, emit a cocktail of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, particulates, heavy metals and (for diesel) sulphur dioxide.

2013, Andrew Farmer, Managing Environmental Pollution, Routledge, →ISBN, page 22:

This chapter examines how the concurrent phenomena of an assertive monarch, persistent civil war, and economic change affected the political activities of townspeople in three ways: in the relationship between the ‘urban sector’ and the English polity, in the complexion of municipal internal politics, and in the nature of urban participation in the civil wars of 1469–71. In all three of these fields, the particular cocktail of circumstances present in the 1460s encouraged a wide variety of townspeople to become invested emotionally and materially in the course of national politics, as they had not been during much of the 1450s.

2019, Eliza Hartrich, “Edward IV, the Earl of Warwick, and a Changing Urban Sector, 1461–71”, in Politics and the Urban Sector in Fifteenth-Century England, 1413–1471, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 181:

Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: "The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail."

2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:

(by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.

A “cock-tail” is a horse not purely bred, but with only one-eighth or one-sixteenth impure blood in his veins

1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, volume ii, John Murray, page 11:

A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.

1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:

(UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.

A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

→ Catalan: còctel

→ Czech: koktejl

→ Dutch: cocktail

→ Esperanto: koktelo

→ Finnish: cocktail

→ French: cocktail

→ Galician: cóctel

→ German: Cocktail

→ Greek: κοκτέιλ (koktéil)

→ Hungarian: koktél

→ Italian: cocktail

→ Japanese: カクテル (kakuteru)

→ Korean: 칵테일 (kakteil)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: cocktail

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: cocktail

→ Polish: koktajl

→ Portuguese: coquetel

→ Russian: кокте́йль (koktéjlʹ) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: cóctel, coctel

→ Swedish: cocktail

→ Thai: ค็อกเทล (kɔ́k-teel)

→ Turkish: kokteyl

Early 17th century, from cock (“male bird”) + tail, in the sense “(a horse with its) tail standing up, like a cock’s”. The origin of the extension to “an alcoholic mixed drink” is unknown. One theory is that it refers to a simulant (gingering), hence a simulating drink; compare pick-me-up. Another attested use is for non-thoroughbred racehorses: these were considered "cock-tailed" due to their docked tails. This may have led to the term "cocktail" (sense 1) being used for an adulterated spirit.


cocktail

It looks very cocktail to be seen riding through the streets of London in a scarlet coat ;

The Prince had nothing particular about him but a monstrous smart whip with a gold stag for a handle, which was pronounced a very cocktail looking instrument by the Leicestershire farmers, with whom His Serene Highness is no favorite

She always goes about with a brace of loaded revolvers in her belt!! Very cocktail and no occasion for it

2008, Christine Kelly, Mrs Duberly's War: Journal and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, →ISBN:

Nothing looks so cocktail and muffish on a coach as to see a man learning to catch his whip, and after many futile efforts taking it upside down for this purpose, and twisting the thong round and round with the point downwards, as if he was stirring porridge for a pack of hounds.

1875, Charles Thomas Samuel Birch Reynardson, 'Down the Road': Or, Reminiscences of a Gentleman Coachman:

(obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

en-adj

cocktail (comparative more cocktail, superlative most cocktail)

more cocktail (comparative)
most cocktail (superlative)


cocktail

(transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.

He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.

(transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.

en-verb

cocktail (third-person singular simple present cocktails, present participle cocktailing, simple past and past participle cocktailed)

cocktails (present singular third-person)
cocktailing (participle present)
cocktailed (participle past)
cocktailed (past)


cocktail

cocktail (nominative singular)
cocktailit (nominative plural)
cocktail (accusative nominative singular)
cocktailit (accusative nominative plural)
cocktailin (accusative genitive singular)
cocktailit (accusative genitive plural)
cocktailin (genitive singular)
cocktailien (genitive plural)
cocktailia (partitive singular)
cocktaileja (partitive plural)
cocktailissa (inessive singular)
cocktaileissa (inessive plural)
cocktailista (elative singular)
cocktaileista (elative plural)
cocktailiin (illative singular)
cocktaileihin (illative plural)
cocktaililla (adessive singular)
cocktaileilla (adessive plural)
cocktaililta (ablative singular)
cocktaileilta (ablative plural)
cocktailille (allative singular)
cocktaileille (allative plural)
cocktailina (essive singular)
cocktaileina (essive plural)
cocktailiksi (singular translative)
cocktaileiksi (plural translative)
cocktailitta (abessive singular)
cocktaileitta (abessive plural)
cocktailein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
cocktailini (nominative singular)
cocktailini (nominative plural)
cocktailini (accusative nominative singular)
cocktailini (accusative nominative plural)
cocktailini (accusative genitive singular)
cocktailini (accusative genitive plural)
cocktailini (genitive singular)
cocktailieni (genitive plural)
cocktailiani (partitive singular)
cocktailejani (partitive plural)
cocktailissani (inessive singular)
cocktaileissani (inessive plural)
cocktailistani (elative singular)
cocktaileistani (elative plural)
cocktailiini (illative singular)
cocktaileihini (illative plural)
cocktailillani (adessive singular)
cocktaileillani (adessive plural)
cocktaililtani (ablative singular)
cocktaileiltani (ablative plural)
cocktaililleni (allative singular)
cocktaileilleni (allative plural)
cocktailinani (essive singular)
cocktaileinani (essive plural)
cocktailikseni (singular translative)
cocktaileikseni (plural translative)
cocktailittani (abessive singular)
cocktaileittani (abessive plural)
cocktaileineni (comitative plural)
cocktailisi (nominative singular)
cocktailisi (nominative plural)
cocktailisi (accusative nominative singular)
cocktailisi (accusative nominative plural)
cocktailisi (accusative genitive singular)
cocktailisi (accusative genitive plural)
cocktailisi (genitive singular)
cocktailiesi (genitive plural)
cocktailiasi (partitive singular)
cocktailejasi (partitive plural)
cocktailissasi (inessive singular)
cocktaileissasi (inessive plural)
cocktailistasi (elative singular)
cocktaileistasi (elative plural)
cocktailiisi (illative singular)
cocktaileihisi (illative plural)
cocktailillasi (adessive singular)
cocktaileillasi (adessive plural)
cocktaililtasi (ablative singular)
cocktaileiltasi (ablative plural)
cocktailillesi (allative singular)
cocktaileillesi (allative plural)
cocktailinasi (essive singular)
cocktaileinasi (essive plural)
cocktailiksesi (singular translative)
cocktaileiksesi (plural translative)
cocktailittasi (abessive singular)
cocktaileittasi (abessive plural)
cocktaileinesi (comitative plural)
cocktailimme (nominative singular)
cocktailimme (nominative plural)
cocktailimme (accusative nominative singular)
cocktailimme (accusative nominative plural)
cocktailimme (accusative genitive singular)
cocktailimme (accusative genitive plural)
cocktailimme (genitive singular)
cocktailiemme (genitive plural)
cocktailiamme (partitive singular)
cocktailejamme (partitive plural)
cocktailissamme (inessive singular)
cocktaileissamme (inessive plural)
cocktailistamme (elative singular)
cocktaileistamme (elative plural)
cocktailiimme (illative singular)
cocktaileihimme (illative plural)
cocktailillamme (adessive singular)
cocktaileillamme (adessive plural)
cocktaililtamme (ablative singular)
cocktaileiltamme (ablative plural)
cocktailillemme (allative singular)
cocktaileillemme (allative plural)
cocktailinamme (essive singular)
cocktaileinamme (essive plural)
cocktailiksemme (singular translative)
cocktaileiksemme (plural translative)
cocktailittamme (abessive singular)
cocktaileittamme (abessive plural)
cocktaileinemme (comitative plural)
cocktailinne (nominative singular)
cocktailinne (nominative plural)
cocktailinne (accusative nominative singular)
cocktailinne (accusative nominative plural)
cocktailinne (accusative genitive singular)
cocktailinne (accusative genitive plural)
cocktailinne (genitive singular)
cocktailienne (genitive plural)
cocktailianne (partitive singular)
cocktailejanne (partitive plural)
cocktailissanne (inessive singular)
cocktaileissanne (inessive plural)
cocktailistanne (elative singular)
cocktaileistanne (elative plural)
cocktailiinne (illative singular)
cocktaileihinne (illative plural)
cocktailillanne (adessive singular)
cocktaileillanne (adessive plural)
cocktaililtanne (ablative singular)
cocktaileiltanne (ablative plural)
cocktailillenne (allative singular)
cocktaileillenne (allative plural)
cocktailinanne (essive singular)
cocktaileinanne (essive plural)
cocktailiksenne (singular translative)
cocktaileiksenne (plural translative)
cocktailittanne (abessive singular)
cocktaileittanne (abessive plural)
cocktaileinenne (comitative plural)
cocktailinsa (nominative singular)
cocktailinsa (nominative plural)
cocktailinsa (accusative nominative singular)
cocktailinsa (accusative nominative plural)
cocktailinsa (accusative genitive singular)
cocktailinsa (accusative genitive plural)
cocktailinsa (genitive singular)
cocktailiensa (genitive plural)
cocktailiaan (partitive singular)
cocktailiansa (partitive singular)
cocktailejaan (partitive plural)
cocktailejansa (partitive plural)
cocktailissaan (inessive singular)
cocktailissansa (inessive singular)
cocktaileissaan (inessive plural)
cocktaileissansa (inessive plural)
cocktailistaan (elative singular)
cocktailistansa (elative singular)
cocktaileistaan (elative plural)
cocktaileistansa (elative plural)
cocktailiinsa (illative singular)
cocktaileihinsa (illative plural)
cocktailillaan (adessive singular)
cocktailillansa (adessive singular)
cocktaileillaan (adessive plural)
cocktaileillansa (adessive plural)
cocktaililtaan (ablative singular)
cocktaililtansa (ablative singular)
cocktaileiltaan (ablative plural)
cocktaileiltansa (ablative plural)
cocktaililleen (allative singular)
cocktailillensa (allative singular)
cocktaileilleen (allative plural)
cocktaileillensa (allative plural)
cocktailinaan (essive singular)
cocktailinansa (essive singular)
cocktaileinaan (essive plural)
cocktaileinansa (essive plural)
cocktailikseen (singular translative)
cocktailiksensa (singular translative)
cocktaileikseen (plural translative)
cocktaileiksensa (plural translative)
cocktailittaan (abessive singular)
cocktailittansa (abessive singular)
cocktaileittaan (abessive plural)
cocktaileittansa (abessive plural)
cocktaileineen (comitative plural)
cocktaileinensa (comitative plural)
koktaili (alternative)


cocktail

J’espere que vous accepteriez cette invitation extraordinaire au voyage! Si vous voulez un rapport de qualite avec un homme mur et debonnair. Je propose, au debut, des cocktails dans une ambiance elegante pour une recontre joyeuse.

1977 December 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 14:

Un cocktail de médicaments

→ Vietnamese: cốc tai


cocktail

Unadapted borrowing from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


cocktail

cocktailen (definite singular)
cocktailer (indefinite plural)
cocktailene (definite plural)


cocktail

cocktailen (definite singular)
cocktailar (indefinite plural)
cocktailane (definite plural)


cocktail

cocktailuri (plural)
cocktail (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cocktailul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cocktailuri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cocktailurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
cocktail (indefinite singular)
cocktailului (definite singular)
cocktailuri (indefinite singular)
cocktailurilor (definite plural)
cocktailule (singular vocative)
cocktailurilor (vocative)
cocteil (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from English cocktail or French cocktail.


cocktail

es-noun

cocktail m (plural cocktails or cocktail)


cocktail

blanda en cocktail

räkcocktail

en cocktail av läkemedel

cocktail (indefinite nominative singular)
cocktails (genitive indefinite singular)
cocktailen (definite nominative singular)
cocktailens (definite genitive singular)
cocktails (indefinite nominative plural)
cocktailar (indefinite nominative plural)
cocktails (genitive indefinite plural)
cocktailars (genitive indefinite plural)
cocktailarna (definite nominative plural)
cocktailarnas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English cocktail. First attested in 1847.


cocktail

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.