"Guinness" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɡɪnɪs/ Forms: Guinness [plural]
Etymology: An Anglicization of an Irish patronymic surname based on Angus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|-}} Irish Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Guinness}} Guinness (plural Guinness)
  1. (countable) A surname from Irish. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Guinness-en-name-O~oc0EH- Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (uncountable) A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Liffey water [slang]
    Sense id: en-Guinness-en-name-8nkc06uO
  3. Guinness World Records. Categories (topical): Beer
    Sense id: en-Guinness-en-name-BGRK0xTG Disambiguation of Beer: 16 22 43 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 57 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 15 55 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 13 63 13

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪnɪs/ Forms: Guinnesses [plural]
Etymology: An Anglicization of an Irish patronymic surname based on Angus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|-}} Irish Head templates: {{en-noun}} Guinness (plural Guinnesses)
  1. (countable) A serving of the beverage. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Guinness-en-noun-TlIAtmkF

Inflected forms

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