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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: drĭngk, IPA: /dɹɪŋk/, SAMPA: /drINk/
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- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
Etymology 1
From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“‘to drink, swallow up, engulf’”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkanan, *dren(g)kanan (“‘to drink’”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrengh- (“‘to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp’”), nasalised variant of *dhregh- (“‘to draw, glide’”). Cognate with West Frisian drinke (“‘to drink’”), Dutch drinken (“‘to drink’”), German trinken (“‘to drink’”), Danish drikke (“‘to drink’”).
Verb
to drink (third-person singular simple present drinks, present participle drinking, simple past drank, past participle drunk (or drank))
- (transitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- He drank the water I gave him.
- (intransitive) To consume liquid through the mouth.
- You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
- (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
- You've been drinking, haven't you?
- No thanks, I don't drink.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
consume liquid through the mouth
- Afrikaans: drink
- Albanian: pi sq(sq)
- American Sign Language: C@NearMouth-TipForward C@NearMouth-TipUp
- Amharic: መጠጣት (mäṭäṭat)
- Arabic: شرب ar(ar) (sháriba)
- Egyptian Arabic: شرب (shirib)
- Armenian: խմել (xmel)
- Basque: edan eu(eu)
- Belarusian: піць be(be) (pic’)
- Breton: eva
- Bulgarian: пия bg(bg) (píja)
- Burmese: သောက် my(my) (thauk)
- Catalan: beure ca(ca)
- Cebuano: inum
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 飲, 饮 (yam2), 喝 (hot3) (formal)
- Mandarin: 喝 cmn(cmn) (hē), 飲 cmn(cmn), 饮 cmn(cmn) (yǐn)
- Min Nan: 啉 (lim)
- Czech: pít cs(cs)
- Danish: drikke da(da)
- Dutch: drinken nl(nl)
- Esperanto: trinki eo(eo)
- Estonian: jooma et(et)
- Filipino: inom
- Finnish: juoda fi(fi)
- French: boire fr(fr)
- Galician: beber gl(gl)
- German: trinken de(de)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan)
- Greek: πίνω (píno) (also for animals), απορροφώ (aporofó) (for plants)
- Haitian Creole: bwè
- Hebrew: לשתות he(he) (lishtot)
- Hindi: पीना hi(hi) (pīnā), सोखना hi(hi) (sokhnā)
- Hungarian: iszik hu(hu)
- Icelandic: drekka is(is)
- Ido: drinkar
- Indonesian: minum id(id)
- Interlingua: biber
- Inuktitut: ᐃᒥᖅᑐᖅ
- Irish: ól ga(ga)
- Isthmus Zapotec: reʼ
- Italian: bere it(it)
- Japanese: 飲む ja(ja) (のむ, nomu), 召し上がる ja(ja) (めしあがる, meshi-agaru) (honorific), 頂く ja(ja) (いただく, itadaku) (humble)
- Kazakh: ішу kk(kk) (işu)
- Korean: 마시다 ko(ko) (masida)
- !Kung: čiŋ
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: vexwarin
- Sorani: xwardinewe
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- Lao: ດື່ມ lo(lo) (dyym)
- Latin: bibo la(la)
- Latvian: dzert lv(lv)
- Lithuanian: gerti lt(lt)
- Lojban: pinxe
- Macedonian: пие mk(mk) (píe)
- Malayalam: കുടിയ്ക്കുക (kutikkuka)
- Maltese: xorob
- Manx: oyl gv(gv)
- Marathi: पिणे, (द्रव) पान
- Middle High German: trinken
- Mongolian: шингээх mn(mn) (šingeekh), сорох mn(mn) (sorokh)
- Norwegian: drikke no(no)
- Novial: drinka
- Occitan: beure
- Old Church Slavonic: пити (piti)
- Old English: drincan ang(ang)
- Old High German: trinkan
- Old Irish: ibid
- Persian: نوشیدن fa(fa) (nušidan), آشامیدن fa(fa)
- Polish: pić pl(pl)
- Portuguese: beber pt(pt), tomar pt(pt)
- Romanian: bea ro(ro)
- Romansch: baiver rm(rm)
- Russian: пить ru(ru) (pit’)
- Scottish Gaelic: òl gd(gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: п̏ити (impf.), по̀пити (pf.), ѝsпити (pf.)
- Roman: pȉti (impf.), pòpiti (pf.), ìspiti (pf.)
- Sicilian: bìviri scn(scn), vìviri scn(scn)
- Slovak: piť sk(sk)
- Slovene: piti sl(sl)
- Spanish: beber, tomar (Latin America)
- Swedish: dricka sv(sv)
- Tagalog: inom tl(tl)
- Tajik: нӯшидан tg(tg) (nūšidan)
- Telugu: తాగు
- Thai: ดื่ม th(th) (dèum)
- Turkish: içmek tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: пити uk(uk) (pýty)
- Urdu: پینا ur(ur) (pīnā)
- Vietnamese: uống vi(vi)
- West Frisian: drinke fy(fy)
- !Xóõ: kxʻāhã
- Yiddish: טרינקען yi(yi) (trinken)
- Zulu: phuza, gwinya
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consume alcoholic beverages
- Afrikaans: drink
- Armenian: խմել (xmel)
- Basque: edan eu(eu), zurrut egin eu(eu), txurrut egin eu(eu)
- Bosnian: piti bs(bs)
- Bulgarian: пия bg(bg)
- Catalan: beure
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喝 cmn(cmn)
酒 cmn(cmn) (hē jiǔ)
- Croatian: pȉti hr(hr), lòkati hr(hr), pìjānčevati hr(hr)
- Czech: pít cs(cs)
- Danish: drikke da(da)
- Dutch: drinken nl(nl)
- Esperanto: drinki eo(eo)
- Estonian: jooma et(et)
- Filipino: inom, tagay, toma
- Finnish: juoda fi(fi), ottaa fi(fi), ryypätä fi(fi)
- French: boire fr(fr)
- German: saufen de(de)
- Greek: πίνω (píno), μπεκρουλιάζω (bekruliázo) (slang: drink oneself drunk)
- Hebrew: לשתות he(he) (lishtot)
- Hindi: शराब पीना (pīnā)
- Hungarian: iszik hu(hu)
- Icelandic: drekka is(is)
- Ido: drinkar
- Interlingua: biber
- Italian: bere, bere alcolici
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- Japanese: 飲む ja(ja) (のむ, nomu), 召し上がる ja(ja) (めしあがる, meshi-agaru) (honorific), 頂く ja(ja) (いただく, itadaku) (humble)
- Latin: bibo la(la)
- Latvian: dzert lv(lv)
- Macedonian: пие mk(mk) (píe)
- Malayalam: കുടിയ്ക്കുക (kutikkuka)
- Marathi: मदिरा वा दारू पिणे, अपेयपान
- Norwegian: drikke no(no)
- Novial: drinka
- Polish: pić pl(pl)
- Portuguese: beber pt(pt)
- Romanian: bea ro(ro)
- Russian: пить ru(ru) (pit’); выпивать ru(ru) (vypivát') (impf.), выпить ru(ru) (výpit') (pf.)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: пити
- Roman: piti
- Slovene: piti sl(sl)
- Spanish: beber, tomar (especially Latin America)
- Swedish: dricka sv(sv), supa sv(sv)
- Tagalog: inom tl(tl), tagay tl(tl), toma tl(tl)
- Telugu: తాగు
- Thai: ดื่ม th(th) (dèum)
- Turkish: içki içmek, içki içmek tr(tr) c.
- Vietnamese: uống rượu, uống say
- Zulu: qhafa
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Translations to be checked
- Afrikaans: drink
- Binisayâ: pag-inóm, paglag-ab
- Breton: evañ
- Guaraní: (vt) 'u; (vi) y'u
- Hawaiian: inu, inumia, pā
- Interlingua: biber
- Kannada: ಕುಡಿ (kuḍi), ಹೀರು (hīru)
- Khmer: ផឹក (phek), ទទួលទាន (to-tuel-tien)
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- Low Saxon: drinken, supen
- Luxembourgish: drénken
- Persian: نوشیدن (nushidan)
- Sanskrit: पानम् (pānam)
- Slovak: piť
- Swahili: kunywa
- Tamil: குடி (kuṭi)
- Tupinambá: (vt) 'u; (vi) y'u
- Volapük: dlinön, drinön
- Welsh: yfed
- Xhosa: ukusela
- Yiddish: טרינקען (trinken)
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Etymology 2
Old English drync
Noun
drink (plural drinks)
- A served beverage.
- I’d like another drink please.
- A served alcoholic beverage.
- Can I buy you a drink?
- The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
- He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
- A type of beverage (usually mixed)
- My favourite drink is the White Russian.
- Alcohol beverages in general.
- It’s enough to drive you to drink.
- She has a problem with the drink.
- (the drink; colloquial) Any body of water.
- If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
Usage notes
Plainer than more elevated 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
served beverage
- Armenian: խմիչք hy(hy) (xmichk)
- Basque: edan eu(eu), edari eu(eu), edateko eu(eu)
- Bosnian: napitak bs(bs) m., piće bs(bs) n.
- Bulgarian: питие bg(bg) n., напитка bg(bg) f.
- Catalan: beguda f., glop m.
- Cebuano: imnunon
- Chamicuro: lajpa'sachi
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: trad. 飲料,simpl. 饮料 (yǐnliào)
- Min Nan: trad. 飲料,simpl. 饮料 (ím-liāu)
- Croatian: napitak hr(hr) m., piće hr(hr) n.
- Czech: pití cs(cs) n., nápoj cs(cs) m.
- Danish: drink da(da)
- Dutch: drank nl(nl) m., drankje nl(nl) n., drankske nl(nl) n. (Flemish)
- Esperanto: trinkaĵo
- Estonian: jook et(et)
- Filipino: inumin
- Finnish: juoma fi(fi), juotava fi(fi)
- French: verre fr(fr) m., boisson fr(fr) f.
- German: Getränk de(de) n.
- Greek: ποτό el(el) (potó) n., πιοτό el(el) (pçotó) n., πιοτί el(el) (pçotí) n.
- Haitian Creole: bwason
- Hebrew: משקה he(he) (mashqe) m.
- Hungarian: ital hu(hu)
- Ido: drinkajo io(io)
- Indonesian: minuman id(id)
- Irish: deoch ga(ga) f.
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- Italian: bevanda it(it) m., bibita it(it) f.
- Japanese: 飲み物 (nomimono)
- Latvian: dzēriens m.
- Macedonian: пијалок mk(mk) (píjalok) m., пијачка mk(mk) (píjačka) f.
- Novial: drinke
- Old Church Slavonic: пиво (pivo) n.
- Old English: drenc ang(ang) m., wǣt ang(ang) n.
- Persian: نوشیدنی fa(fa) (nōšidani)
- Polish: napój pl(pl) m.
- Romanian: băutură ro(ro) f.
- Russian: напиток ru(ru) (napítok) m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: напитак sr(sr) m., пиће sr(sr) n., напoj sr(sr) m.
- Roman: napitak m., piće n., napoj m.
- Sicilian: vìppita scn(scn) f.
- Slovene: pijača sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: bebida es(es) f.
- Swahili: kinywaji sw(sw)
- Swedish: dryck sv(sv) c., dricka sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: inumin tl(tl)
- Telugu: పానీయం (paaneeyam)
- Turkish: içecek, meşrubat (without alcohol)
- Vietnamese: ly vi(vi) (glass), cốc vi(vi) (glass), chai vi(vi) (bottle or can)
- !Xóõ: kxʻāhã
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served alcoholic beverage
- Armenian: խմիչք hy(hy) (xmichk)
- Basque: edan eu(eu), edari eu(eu)
- Bosnian: piće bs(bs) n.
- Bulgarian: питие bg(bg) n.
- Catalan: beguda ca(ca) f., glop ca(ca) m.
- Croatian: piće hr(hr) n.
- Czech: drink cs(cs) m., pití cs(cs) n.
- Danish: drink da(da)
- Dutch: drank nl(nl) m., drankje nl(nl) n., drankske nl(nl) n. (Flemish)
- Esperanto: drinkaĵo
- Estonian: jook et(et), drink et(et)
- Ewe: aha n.
- Filipino: inumin
- Finnish: juoma fi(fi), drinkki fi(fi)
- French: verre fr(fr) m.
- German: Trunk de(de) m.
- Greek: οινοπνευματώδες ποτό el(el) (inopnevmatóðes potó) or αλκοολούχο ποτό el(el) (alkoolúkho potó) or simply ποτό el(el) (potó) n., πιοτό el(el) (pçotó) n., πιοτί el(el) (pçotí) n., ντρινκ el(el) (driŋk) n. (also ντριγκ el(el) (driŋk) n.)
- Hebrew: משקה he(he) (mashqe) m.
- Hungarian: ital hu(hu)
- Indonesian: minuman keras
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- Italian: bevanda it(it) f.
- Japanese: お酒 (osake)
- Latvian: dzēriens m.
- Macedonian: пијалок mk(mk) (píjalok) m., пијачка mk(mk) (píjačka) f.
- Novial: drinke
- Old English: drenc ang(ang) m., līþ ang(ang) n.
- Persian: نوشیدنی الکلی fa(fa) (nōšidaniye alkoli), باده fa(fa) (bāda)
- Polish: drink pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: bebida pt(pt) f.
- Romanian: băutură ro(ro) f.
- Russian: напиток ru(ru) (napítok) m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: пиће sr(sr) n.
- Roman: piće n.
- Slovene: pijača sl(sl) f.
- Swahili: kinywaji sw(sw)
- Swedish: drink sv(sv) c., dricka sv(sv)
- Tagalog: inumin tl(tl)
- Telugu: పానీయం (paaneeyam)
- Turkish: alkollü içecek, içki
- Vietnamese: ly rượu, cốc rượu
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action of drinking
- Bulgarian: пиене bg(bg) n.
- Czech: pití cs(cs) n.
- Danish: tår da(da) c.
- Dutch: drinken nl(nl) n.
- Estonian: joomine, jooming
- Ewe: nunono n.
- Filipino: pag-inom
- Finnish: kulaus fi(fi)
- German: trinken de(de)
- Greek: ποτό el(el) (potó) n., πιοτό el(el) (pçotó) n., πιοτί el(el) (pçotí) n.
- Hebrew: שתייה (shti'a) f.
- Irish: deoch ga(ga) f.
- Japanese: 飲用 (いんよう, in'yō)
- Latvian: malks m.
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- Marathi: पिणे, पान, पिण्याची क्रिया
- Novial: drinko
- Old English: drync ang(ang) m.
- Persian: نوشیدن fa(fa) (nōšidan)
- Polish: picie pl(pl) n.
- Portuguese: bebida pt(pt) f.
- Russian: питьё ru(ru) (pit’jó) n.
- Slovene: požirek sl(sl) m.
- Swahili: kunywa sw(sw)
- Swedish: drickande sv(sv) n., klunk sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: pag-inom tl(tl)
- Turkish: içmek tr(tr)
- Vietnamese: uống vi(vi)
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type of beverage
- Basque: edari eu(eu)
- Bulgarian: напитка bg(bg) f.
- Czech: nápoj cs(cs) m., drink cs(cs) m. (alcohol), pití cs(cs) n.
- Danish: drink da(da) c.
- Dutch: drank nl(nl) m., drankje nl(nl) n., drankske nl(nl) n. (Flemish)
- Esperanto: trinkaĵo (any beverage), drinkaĵo (alcohol)
- Estonian: jook et(et), drink et(et)
- Ewe: nunono n.
- Filipino: inumin
- Finnish: juoma fi(fi), drinkki fi(fi)
- French: boisson fr(fr) f.
- German: Getränk de(de) n.
- Greek: ποτό el(el) (potó) n., πιοτό el(el) (pçotó) n., πιοτί el(el) (pçotí) n.
- Irish: deoch ga(ga) f.
- Japanese: 飲料 (いんりょう, in'ryō)
- Latvian: dzēriens m.
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- Macedonian: пијалок mk(mk) (píjalok) m., пијачка mk(mk) (píjačka) f.
- Marathi: पेय mr(mr)
- Novial: drinke
- Old English: drenc ang(ang) m., wǣt ang(ang) n.
- Persian: نوشابه fa(fa) (nōšāba)
- Polish: napój pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: bebida pt(pt) f., coquetel pt(pt) m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: напитак sr(sr) m., пиће sr(sr) n.
- Roman: napitak m., piće n.
- Swahili: kinywaji sw(sw)
- Swedish: dryck sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: inumin tl(tl)
- Turkish: içecek tr(tr), meşrubat tr(tr) (without alcohol)
- Vietnamese: đồ uống vi(vi), thức uống vi(vi)
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alcoholic beverages in general
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- Persian: می fa(fa) (may), مشروب fa(fa) (mašrōb)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: пиће sr(sr) n.
- Roman: piće n.
- Swahili: kinywaji sw(sw)
- Swedish: dricka sv(sv), sprit sv(sv), alkohol sv(sv)
- Vietnamese: rượu vi(vi)
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"the drink"- colloquially, any body of water
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Translations to be checked
- Breton: died br(br) f., evaj br(br) m.
- Catalan: beguda ca(ca) f.
- Guaraní: jey'urã
- Interlingua: bibita, biberage
- Low Saxon: drinken n.
- Old English: drync
- Old High German: trunch
- Old Norse: drykkr m.
- Persian: نوشابه (nušabe)
- Spanish: bebida es(es) f.
- Tupinambá: embi'u (t-)
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Dutch drinken.
Verb
drink
- to drink
Czech
Noun
drink
- drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage
Danish
Noun
drink c. (singular definite drinken, plural indefinite drinks)
- drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage
Synonyms
Inflection
Inflection of
drink
Dutch
Verb
drink
- The first-person singular present indicative of drinken.
- The imperative of drinken.
French
Etymology
English drink
Pronunciation
Noun
drink m. (plural drinks)
- A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
Italian
Italian
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Etymology
From English
Noun
drink m. inv.
- drink (served beverage and mixed beverage)
Synonyms
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Verb
drink
- drink; first person singular of drinken
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
| Inflection for drink |
Singular |
Plural |
| common |
Indefinite |
Definite |
Indefinite |
Definite |
| Base form |
drink |
drinken |
drinkar |
drinkarna |
| Possessive form |
drinks |
drinkens |
drinkars |
drinkarnas |
drink c.
- drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage
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