German

Noun

Whisky m ‎(genitive Whiskys, plural Whiskys)

1. whisky (alcoholic drink)

English

Bottles of whisky from Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK

Alternative forms

• whiskey (Ireland, US)

Noun

whisky ‎(countable and uncountable, plural whiskies)

1. (chiefly Britain and Canada) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in oak barrels.
2. (chiefly Britain and Canada) A drink of this liquor.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.

Translations

Usage notes

The regional spellings whisky and whiskey are also used world-wide to distinguish regional drinks, for example Scotch whisky, but bourbon whiskey.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky m ‎(plural whiskys or whiskies)

1. whisky, whiskey

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky f

1. whisky, whiskey

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪski/
• Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky m ‎(plural whisky's, diminutive whisky'tje n)

1. (a glass of) whisky, whiskey

French

Alternative forms

• ouisqui (rare)
• ouisquie (rare)
• ouiski (rare)
• whiskey

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wis.ki/

Noun

whisky m ‎(plural whiskies or whiskys)

1. whisky, whiskey

Synonyms

• visqui (rare)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky m ‎(plural [please provide])

1. whisky, whiskey

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviski]
• Hyphenation: whis‧ky

Noun

whisky ‎(plural whiskyk)

1. whisky (US, Ireland: whiskey)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky m ‎(invariable)

1. whisky, whiskey

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky, ultimately from Old Irish uisce.

Noun

whisky m ‎(plural whiskys)

1. (Jersey) whisky, whiskey

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky, originally from Gaelic.

Noun

whisky m ‎(definite singular whiskyen, indefinite plural whiskyer, definite plural whiskyene)

1. whisky

References

• “whisky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky, originally from Gaelic.

Noun

whisky m ‎(definite singular whiskyen, indefinite plural whiskyar, definite plural whiskyane)

1. whisky

References

• “whisky” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɨs̪kʲi/ or /ˈwis̪kʲi/

Noun

whisky f ‎(indeclinable)

1. whisky (US, Ireland: whiskey)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys)

1. Alternative form of uísque

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French whisky, from English whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuj.ski/, /ˈwi.ski/

Noun

whisky n ‎(plural whisky-uri)

1. whisky, whiskey

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvis.ki/

Noun

whisky f nondeclinable

1. whisky, whiskey

Derived terms

• whiskový

Spanish

Alternative forms

• güisqui

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky, from Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish uisce beatha ‎(“water of life”). More at whisky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiski/, /ˈwiski/

Noun

whisky m ‎(uncountable)

1. whisky (alcoholic liquor)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English whisky.

Noun

whisky c

1. Whisky, whiskey (alcoholic drink)