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Webster 1913 Edition


Vodka

Vod′ka

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Noun.
[Russ.]
A Russian drink distilled from rye.

Definition 2024


vodka

vodka

English

Various bottles of vodka

Noun

vodka (countable and uncountable, plural vodkas)

  1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash
    • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business:
      Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.
  2. A serving of the above beverage
  3. (US standard of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

From Russian

Alternative forms

Noun

vodka

  1. vodka

Declension

Inflection of vodka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative vodka vodkat
genitive vodkan vodkien
partitive vodkaa vodkia
illative vodkaan vodkiin
singular plural
nominative vodka vodkat
accusative nom. vodka vodkat
gen. vodkan
genitive vodkan vodkien
vodkainrare
partitive vodkaa vodkia
inessive vodkassa vodkissa
elative vodkasta vodkista
illative vodkaan vodkiin
adessive vodkalla vodkilla
ablative vodkalta vodkilta
allative vodkalle vodkille
essive vodkana vodkina
translative vodkaksi vodkiksi
instructive vodkin
abessive vodkatta vodkitta
comitative vodkineen

Synonyms


French

Pronunciation

Noun

vodka f (plural vodkas)

  1. vodka

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvotkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: vod‧ka

Noun

vodka (plural vodkák)

  1. vodka

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vodka vodkák
accusative vodkát vodkákat
dative vodkának vodkáknak
instrumental vodkával vodkákkal
causal-final vodkáért vodkákért
translative vodkává vodkákká
terminative vodkáig vodkákig
essive-formal vodkaként vodkákként
essive-modal
inessive vodkában vodkákban
superessive vodkán vodkákon
adessive vodkánál vodkáknál
illative vodkába vodkákba
sublative vodkára vodkákra
allative vodkához vodkákhoz
elative vodkából vodkákból
delative vodkáról vodkákról
ablative vodkától vodkáktól
Possessive forms of vodka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vodkám vodkáim
2nd person sing. vodkád vodkáid
3rd person sing. vodkája vodkái
1st person plural vodkánk vodkáink
2nd person plural vodkátok vodkáitok
3rd person plural vodkájuk vodkáik

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔt.kʰa/

Noun

vodka n (genitive singular vodka, no plural)

  1. vodka

Declension


Italian

Noun

vodka f (invariable)

  1. vodka

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English vodka.

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

  1. (Jersey) vodka

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Russian водка (vodka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɔdkɑ/
  • Rhymes:

Noun

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

  1. vodka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Russian водка (vodka).

Noun

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

  1. vodka

Slovak

Etymology

Proto-Slavic, equivalent to voda (water) + -ka (diminutive suffix),

Noun

vodka f (declension pattern of žena)

  1. vodka

Derived terms

  • vodkový

Spanish

Etymology

From Russian во́дка (vódka, literally little water), a diminutive of вода́ (vodá, water).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboð.ka/

Noun

vodka m (plural vodkas)

  1. vodka