"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 Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages
    Sense id: en-cocktail-fr-noun-zZAam2HB Disambiguation of Alcoholic beverages: 2 89 9 Categories (other): French metonyms, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 5 6 3 9 4 16 4 4 0 22 2 0 22 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 3 10 4 16 3 4 0 23 1 0 23 1 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 88 12
  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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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cocktail de crevettes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cocktail dînatoire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cocktail météo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cocktail Molotov"
    }
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      "text": "→ Vietnamese: cốc tai"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.",
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      "form": "cocktails",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "cocktail m (plural cocktails)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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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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      ]
    },
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            "Recreational drugs",
            "Drinking",
            "Food and drink",
            "Liquids",
            "Drugs",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Matter",
            "Pharmacology",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health",
            "Body"
          ],
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              13
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              3,
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          "english": "a combination of prescription drugs",
          "text": "Un cocktail de médicaments",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a mixture or combination of things"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "combination",
          "combination"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kɔk.tɛl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from English",
    "French terms derived from English",
    "French terms spelled with K",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Alcoholic beverages"
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    {
      "word": "cocktail de crevettes"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocktail dînatoire"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocktail météo"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocktail Molotov"
    }
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Requests for translations of French quotations"
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          "ref": "1977 December 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 14:",
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          "english": "a combination of prescription drugs",
          "text": "Un cocktail de médicaments",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mixture or combination of things"
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        ],
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          "combination",
          "combination"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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    }
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  "word": "cocktail"
}

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

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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: metonymic",
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