"cocktail" meaning in French

See cocktail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔk.tɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cocktail.wav Forms: cocktails [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|cocktail}} Borrowed from English cocktail Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cocktail m (plural cocktails)
  1. cocktail Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cocktail-fr-noun-PbBRyNuK
  2. (metonymic) cocktail party Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cocktail-fr-noun-zZAam2HB Categories (other): French metonyms, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Alcoholic beverages Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 5 5 5 10 4 16 4 4 1 22 1 1 22 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 4 10 4 16 4 4 0 23 1 0 23 0 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 89 10 Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 4 91 5
  3. a mixture or combination of things Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cocktail-fr-noun-0H-sNIo6 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cocktail de crevettes, cocktail dînatoire, cocktail météo, cocktail Molotov

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "ref": "1977 December 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 14:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "english": "a combination of prescription drugs",
          "text": "Un cocktail de médicaments",
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        ],
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          "combination",
          "combination"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/kɔk.tɛl/"
    },
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for cocktail meaning in French (2.7kB)

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