"apéritif" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/, /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apéritif.wav [Southern-England] Forms: apéritifs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|apéritif}} French apéritif, {{doublet|en|aperitive}} Doublet of aperitive Head templates: {{en-noun}} apéritif (plural apéritifs)
  1. An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser. Synonyms: aperitif Translations (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser): аперыты́ў (apjerytýŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), апэрыты́ў (aperytýŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), аперити́в (aperitív) [masculine] (Bulgarian), aperitiu [masculine] (Catalan), 開胃酒 (Chinese Mandarin), 开胃酒 (kāiwèijiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), aperitiv [masculine] (Czech), aperitivo (Esperanto), aperitiiv (Estonian), aperitiivi (Finnish), apéritif [masculine] (French), apéro [informal, masculine] (French), Aperitif [masculine] (German), απεριτίφ (aperitíf) [neuter] (Greek), aperitif (Hungarian), aperitivo (Ido), aperitivo [masculine] (Italian), アペリティフ (aperitifu) (Japanese), 食前酒 (shokuzenshu) (alt: しょくぜんしゅ) (Japanese), 아페리티프 (aperitipeu) (Korean), 반주 (banju) (alt: 飯酒) (Korean), аперитив (aperitiv) [masculine] (Macedonian), aperitif [masculine] (Polish), aperitivo [masculine] (Portuguese), aperitiv [neuter] (Romanian), аперити́в (aperitív) [masculine] (Russian), аперѝтӣв [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), aperìtīv [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), aperitív [masculine] (Slovak), aperitivo [masculine] (Spanish), aperitif [common-gender] (Swedish), aptitretare [common-gender] (Swedish), pamutat-alak (Tagalog), aperitif (Turkish), аперити́в (aperytýv) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-apéritif-en-noun-sYnFnR7n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aptitretare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser",
      "word": "pamutat-alak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser",
      "word": "aperitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aperytýv",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аперити́в"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apéritif"
}

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