"whiskey" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: En-us-whiskey.oga [US] Forms: whiskeys [plural], whiskies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪski Etymology: Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wed-}}, {{m|en|usque}} usque, {{m|en|usquebaugh}} usquebaugh, {{bor|en|ga|uisce beatha}} Irish uisce beatha, {{der|en|ML.|aqua vītae||water of life}} Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”), {{m|en|akvavit}} akvavit, {{m|en|aquavit}} aquavit, {{m|en|aqua vitae}} aqua vitae, {{m|en|eau de vie}} eau de vie, {{m|en|water of life}} water of life, {{m|en|vodka}} vodka Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|whiskies}} whiskey (countable and uncountable, plural whiskeys or whiskies)
  1. (Ireland, US, England) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). Tags: England, Ireland, US, countable, uncountable Categories (place): Ireland
    Sense id: en-whiskey-en-noun-xZPpJRSp Disambiguation of Ireland: 28 30 29 13 Categories (other): American English, English English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ey Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 20 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ey: 32 32 18 18
  2. (Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey. Tags: England, Ireland, US, countable, uncountable Categories (place): Ireland Translations (alcoholic drink): whisky (Afrikaans), okiimi (Alabama), uiski [masculine] (Albanian), وِيسْكِي (wiskī) [masculine] (Arabic), وِسْكِي (wiskī) [masculine] (Arabic), վիսկի (viski) (Armenian), güisqui [masculine] (Asturian), viski (Azerbaijani), ві́скі (víski) [neuter] (Belarusian), হুইস্কি (huiski) (Bengali), wiski [masculine] (Breton), уи́ски (uíski) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဝီစကီ (wica.ki) (Burmese), whisky [masculine] (Catalan), wiski (Central Melanau), 威士忌酒 (alt: wai¹ si⁶ gei⁶⁻² zau²) (Chinese Cantonese), 威士忌 (alt: wai¹ si⁶ gei⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 威士忌酒 (wēishìjì jiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 威士忌 (wēishìjì) (Chinese Mandarin), ʔómu líwa (Coast Miwok), hwiski [masculine] (Cornish), whisky [feminine] (Czech), whisky [common-gender] (Danish), whiskey [masculine] (Dutch), viskio (Esperanto), viski (Estonian), viski (Finnish), whisky [masculine] (French), whisky [masculine] (Galician), ვისკი (visḳi) (Georgian), Whisky [masculine] (German), ουίσκι (ouíski) [neuter] (Greek), whisky (Greenlandic), וִיסְקִי \ וויסקי (víski) [masculine] (Hebrew), व्हिस्की (vhiskī) [feminine] (Hindi), विलायती पानी (vilāytī pānī) [masculine] (Hindi), मदिरा (madirā) [feminine] (Hindi), शराब (śarāb) [masculine] (Hindi), whisky (Hungarian), viskí [neuter] (Icelandic), wiskio (Ido), wiski (Indonesian), fuisce [masculine] (Irish), uisce beatha [masculine] (Irish), whisky [masculine] (Italian), ウイスキー (uisukī) (Japanese), ウィスキー (wisukī) (Japanese), виски (viski) (Kazakh), វីស្គី (viiskii) (Khmer), 위스키 (wiseuki) (Korean), виски (viski) (Kyrgyz), viskijs [masculine] (Latvian), viskis [masculine] (Lithuanian), виски (viski) [neuter] (Macedonian), wiski (Malay), wiski [masculine] (Maltese), ushtey bea [masculine] (Manx), wihikē (Maori), виски (viski) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), wîskî (Northern Kurdish), whisky (Norwegian Bokmål), whisky (Norwegian Nynorsk), ويسکي (viski) (Pashto), ویسکی (viski) (Persian), whisky [feminine] (Polish), uísque [masculine] (Portuguese), whisky [masculine] (Portuguese), ਵਿਸਕੀ (viskī) [feminine] (Punjabi), whisky [neuter] (Romanian), ви́ски (víski) [masculine, neuter] (Russian), uisge-beatha [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ви̏ски [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vȉski [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), විස්කි (wiski) (Sinhalese), whisky [feminine] (Slovak), viski [masculine] (Slovene), whisky [masculine] (Spanish), wiski [masculine] (Spanish), güisqui [masculine] (Spanish), wiski (Swahili), whisky [common-gender] (Swedish), visky [common-gender] (Swedish), wiski (Tagalog), виски (viski) (Tajik), วิสกี้ (wís-gîi) (Thai), viski (Turkish), wiski (Turkmen), ві́скі (víski) [neuter] (Ukrainian), وہسکی (vhiskī) [feminine] (Urdu), مدیرا (madirā) [feminine] (Urdu), ۋىسكى (wiski) (Uyghur), viski (Uzbek), huých-ki (Vietnamese), uytky (Vietnamese), rượu uytky (Vietnamese), viskin (Volapük), filavin (english: older term) (Volapük), lifavat (english: translation from Goidelic) (Volapük), chwisgi [masculine] (Welsh), túnchʼíʼ (Western Apache), וויסקי (viski) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-whiskey-en-noun-F9RFOwiM Disambiguation of Ireland: 28 30 29 13 Categories (other): American English, English English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ey Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 20 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ey: 32 32 18 18 Disambiguation of 'alcoholic drink': 27 73 0
  3. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet Categories (place): Ireland
    Sense id: en-whiskey-en-noun-GtbZ3iUv Disambiguation of Ireland: 28 30 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ey Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 20 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ey: 32 32 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whisky [Australia, Canada, Scotland]

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: En-us-whiskey.oga [US] Forms: whiskeys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪski Etymology: From whisk + -ey Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whisk|ey}} whisk + -ey Head templates: {{en-noun}} whiskey (plural whiskeys)
  1. (historical) A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Carriages, Distilled beverages Categories (place): Ireland Synonyms: whisky, tim-whiskey Derived forms: tim-whiskey
    Sense id: en-whiskey-en-noun-Jp4yKSpI Disambiguation of Carriages: 18 17 20 46 Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 26 15 16 42 Disambiguation of Ireland: 28 30 29 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ey Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 20 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ey: 32 32 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "վիսկի"
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          "word": "ဝီစကီ"
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          "sense": "alcoholic drink",
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          "lang": "Coast Miwok",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "tim-whiskey"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1772, George Alexander Stevens, “The Portrait”, in Songs, Comic, and Satyrical, Oxford, page 202",
          "text": "Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride,\nOr, pair’d in Witch Whiskeys, aslant the Moon slide;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse."
      ],
      "id": "en-whiskey-en-noun-Jp4yKSpI",
      "links": [
        [
          "gig",
          "gig"
        ],
        [
          "carriage",
          "carriage"
        ],
        [
          "drawn",
          "drawn"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whisky"
        },
        {
          "word": "tim-whiskey"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪski/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʍɪski/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪski"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-whiskey.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-whiskey.oga/En-us-whiskey.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-whiskey.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whiskey"
  ],
  "word": "whiskey"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Irish",
    "English terms derived from Irish",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-",
    "English terms suffixed with -ey",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪski",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪski/2 syllables",
    "en:Carriages",
    "en:Distilled beverages",
    "en:Ireland"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blockade whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bourbon whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "corn whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "grain whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guthrie's sweet whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "hot whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "if-by-whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "Irish whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "malt whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "sweet whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey butter"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey dick"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey fungus"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey grass"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey-jack"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey jack"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey seat"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey sour"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey stone"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskey tango foxtrot"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "wäski",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Jersey Dutch: wäski",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Jersey Dutch: wäski"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਵਿਸਕੀ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਵਿਸਕੀ (viskī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਵਿਸਕੀ (viskī)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "chwisgi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: chwisgi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: chwisgi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wed-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "usque"
      },
      "expansion": "usque",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "usquebaugh"
      },
      "expansion": "usquebaugh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "uisce beatha"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish uisce beatha",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "aqua vītae",
        "4": "",
        "5": "water of life"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "akvavit"
      },
      "expansion": "akvavit",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aquavit"
      },
      "expansion": "aquavit",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aqua vitae"
      },
      "expansion": "aqua vitae",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eau de vie"
      },
      "expansion": "eau de vie",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "water of life"
      },
      "expansion": "water of life",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vodka"
      },
      "expansion": "vodka",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whiskeys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whiskies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "whiskies"
      },
      "expansion": "whiskey (countable and uncountable, plural whiskeys or whiskies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "whis‧key"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1753, “Historical Chronicle”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XXIII, page 391",
          "text": "The exceſſive drinking of ſpirituous liquours, eſpecially whiſkey, is now become ſo common, that more people are killed by them, than by ſmall-pox, fevers, broken limbs, accidents, and all other diſtempers put together. And we are credibly informed, that in one dram ſhop only in this town, there are 120 gallons of that accurſed ſpirit, whiſkey, ſold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ],
        [
          "distill",
          "distill"
        ],
        [
          "fermented",
          "fermented"
        ],
        [
          "mash",
          "mash"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, US, England) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England",
        "Ireland",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English English",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A drink of whiskey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "England",
        "Ireland",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Whiskey",
          "Whiskey#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet",
          "w:NATO Phonetic Alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "international standards",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪski/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʍɪski/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪski"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-whiskey.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-whiskey.oga/En-us-whiskey.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-whiskey.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Canada",
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "akz",
      "lang": "Alabama",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "okiimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "túnchʼíʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wiskī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وِيسْكِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wiskī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وِسْكِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "վիսկի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "güisqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viski"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "víski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ві́скі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "huiski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "হুইস্কি"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uíski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уи́ски"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "wica.ki",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ဝီစကီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "alt": "wai¹ si⁶ gei⁶⁻² zau²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "威士忌酒"
    },
    {
      "alt": "wai¹ si⁶ gei⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "威士忌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēishìjì jiǔ",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "威士忌酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēishìjì",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "威士忌"
    },
    {
      "code": "csi",
      "lang": "Coast Miwok",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ʔómu líwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hwiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whiskey"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viskio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "visḳi",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ვისკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ouíski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ουίσκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "víski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "וִיסְקִי \\ וויסקי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vhiskī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "व्हिस्की"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vilāytī pānī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विलायती पानी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "madirā",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मदिरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śarāb",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शराब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "viskí"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiskio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuisce"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uisce beatha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uisukī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ウイスキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wisukī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ウィスキー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "виски"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "viiskii",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "វីស្គី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wiseuki",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "위스키"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wîskî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "виски"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viskijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viskis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "виски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ushtey bea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wihikē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "виски"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ويسکي"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ویسکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uísque"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "viskī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਵਿਸਕੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "víski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ви́ски"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uisge-beatha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви̏ски"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vȉski"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "wiski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "විස්කි"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "güisqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "visky"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "виски"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wís-gîi",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "วิสกี้"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viski"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "wiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "víski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ві́скі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vhiskī",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وہسکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "madirā",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مدیرا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "wiski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "ۋىسكى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viski"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "huých-ki"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "uytky"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "rượu uytky"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "viskin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "older term",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "filavin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "translation from Goidelic",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "lifavat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chwisgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "viski",
      "sense": "alcoholic drink",
      "word": "וויסקי"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whiskey"
  ],
  "word": "whiskey"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ey",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪski",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪski/2 syllables",
    "en:Carriages",
    "en:Distilled beverages",
    "en:Ireland"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tim-whiskey"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whisk",
        "3": "ey"
      },
      "expansion": "whisk + -ey",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From whisk + -ey",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whiskeys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1772, George Alexander Stevens, “The Portrait”, in Songs, Comic, and Satyrical, Oxford, page 202",
          "text": "Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride,\nOr, pair’d in Witch Whiskeys, aslant the Moon slide;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "carriage"
        ],
        [
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          "drawn"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪski/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʍɪski/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪski"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-whiskey.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-whiskey.oga/En-us-whiskey.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-whiskey.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whisky"
    },
    {
      "word": "tim-whiskey"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whiskey"
  ],
  "word": "whiskey"
}

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