beverage

See also: Beverage

English

Etymology

From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbevəɹɪdʒ/, /ˈbevɹɪdʒ/
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Noun

A selection of beverages at a buffet in Bratislava, Slovakia

beverage (countable and uncountable, plural beverages)

  1. A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
    • Thomson
      He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
  2. (Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.

Usage notes

More elevated than plainer drink. 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.

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  • See also Thesaurus:beverage

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Old French

Noun

beverage m (oblique plural beverages, nominative singular beverages, nominative plural beverage)

  1. Alternative form of bevrage
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