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breuvage

breuvage

French

Noun

breuvage m (plural breuvages)

  1. (literary or humorous) beverage
  2. (standard in Quebec) beverage
  3. concoction, potion

Usage notes

The use of this word to refer specifically to nonalcoholic is heavily stigmatized in Quebec as an anglicism (even though English beverage excludes water, not alcohol).

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