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Definitions and meaning of drink

drink

Alternative forms

• dhrink (pronunciation spelling, imitating an Irish accent)
• drank (slang)
• drinck, drinke (obsolete)
• thrink (pronunciation spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: drĭngk, IPA^(key): /dɹɪŋk/, [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷɪŋk]
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ- (“to draw, glide”).

Verb

drink (third-person singular simple present drinks, present participle drinking, simple past drank or (southern US) drunk or (nonstandard) drinked, past participle drunk or (chiefly archaic) drunken or (dialectal) drank or (all nonstandard, archaic or obsolete) drinked or drinken or dranken)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
2. (transitive, metonymically) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

3. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
4. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
5. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.

Synonyms

• (consume (liquid) through the mouth): gulp, imbibe, quaff, sip, see also Thesaurus:drink
• (consume alcoholic beverages): drink alcohol, booze, hit the sauce

Derived terms

Related terms

• drunken, drunk, dranken

Descendants

• Aukan: diingi
• Belizean Creole: jrink
• Chinese Pidgin English: drinkee, dlinkee
• Sranan Tongo: dringi
• Tok Pisin: dringim
• → Esperanto: drinki
• → Ido: drinkar

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English drink, drinke (also as drinche, drunch), from Old English drynċ, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz. Compare Dutch drank.

Noun

drink (countable and uncountable, plural drinks)

1. A beverage.

2. (uncountable) Drinks in general; something to drink.
3. A type of beverage (usually mixed).

4. A (served) alcoholic beverage.

5. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

6. Alcoholic beverages in general.
7. A standard drink.
8. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
9. (Australia, figurative) A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.

Usage notes

• A plainer term than more elevated term beverage. Beverage is of French origin, while drink is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations.
• In the sense of any body of water the term is often associated with (a threat of) drowning.

Synonyms

• (served beverage): beverage, see also Thesaurus:beverage
• (served alcoholic beverage): beverage, see also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage
• (action of drinking): gulp, sip, swig
• (type of beverage): beverage
• (alcoholic beverages in general): alcohol

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch drinken, from Middle Dutch drinken, from Old Dutch drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

drink (present drink, present participle drinkende, past participle gedrink)

1. to drink

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English drink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɪŋk]

Noun

drink m inan

1. drink (a (mixed) alcoholic beverage)

Declension

Further reading

• drink in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• drink in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From English drink.

Noun

drink c (singular definite drinken, plural indefinite drinks)

1. drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage

Inflection

Synonyms

• sjus c

Further reading

• “drink” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɪŋk/
• Hyphenation: drink
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English drink.

Noun

drink m (plural drinks)

1. (Belgium) A social event were beverages are served, with or without snacks, e.g. as a celebration.
2. (Netherlands) A beverage, a drink.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drink

1. inflection of drinken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English drink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁiŋk/

Noun

drink m (plural drinks)

1. a reception or afterparty where alcohol is served

Further reading

• “drink”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English drink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrink/
• Rhymes: -ink

Noun

drink m (usually invariable, plural (dated) drinks)

1. drink (served beverage and mixed beverage)

   Synonym: bevanda

Further reading

• drink on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• drink in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Low German

Verb

drink

1. first-person singular of drinken

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drink. Doublet of trunek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driŋk/
• Rhymes: -iŋk
• Syllabification: drink

Noun

drink m animal

1. cocktail, drink (served alcoholic beverage)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• drink in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• drink in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: drink

Noun

drink m (plural drinks)

1. Alternative form of drinque

Swedish

Etymology

From English drink. Doublet of dryck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

drink c

1. drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• grogg
• sup

References

• drink in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• drink in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• drink in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾɪnk/

Verb

drink

1. to drink

Noun

drink

1. drink

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96

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