German

Noun

Cocktail n ‎(genitive Cocktails, plural Cocktails)

1. cocktail

Declension

English

Noun

cocktail ‎(plural cocktails)

1. A mixed alcoholic beverage.

   They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.

   • 1806, 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository, published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print):

     Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.

2. A mixture of other substances.

   Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.

   a cocktail of illegal drugs

3. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Darwin to this entry?)

4. (Britain, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
   • Thackeray

     It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.

5. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Synonyms

• mixed drink

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) cocktail ‎(comparative more cocktail, superlative most cocktail)

1. Festive; lively.

Verb

cocktail ‎(third-person singular simple present cocktails, present participle cocktailing, simple past and past participle cocktailed)

1. (transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
2. (transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.

   He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.

See also

• swizzle
• See also Wikisaurus:alcoholic beverage

References

• "Cocktail" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔkteːl/

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin

Noun

cocktail m ‎(plural cocktails, diminutive cocktailtje n)

1. A cocktail

Derived terms

• cocktailparty
• cocktailsaus
• molotovcocktail

Finnish

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cock‧tail
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoktɑi̯l/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoktei̯l/

Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail (mixed drink)

Declension

Synonyms

• juomasekoitus
• kimara

French

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔkˈtɛl/

Noun

cocktail m ‎(plural cocktails)

1. A cocktail
2. (metonymically) A cocktail party

Italian

Etymology

From English, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail m ‎(invariable)

1. A cocktail
2. A cocktail party

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cocktail

Noun

cocktail m ‎(definite singular cocktailen, indefinite plural cocktailer, definite plural cocktailene)

1. a cocktail

References

• “cocktail” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cocktail

Noun

cocktail m ‎(definite singular cocktailen, indefinite plural cocktailar, definite plural cocktailane)

1. a cocktail

References

• “cocktail” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

cocktail m ‎(plural cocktails)

1. cocktail

Swedish

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail c

1. cocktail

Declension

Derived terms

• cocktailparty
• cocktailpåse
• molotovcocktail

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.

Noun

cocktail

1. cocktail

See also

• rượu cốctay