קאָקטייל

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocktail, via Russian кокте́йль (koktéjlʹ), especially the second sense. Compare Polish koktajl.

Noun

קאָקטייל • (kokteyl) m, plural קאָקטיילן (kokteyln)

  1. cocktail
  2. shake, milkshake
    Synonym: שוימקע (shoymke)

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “קאָקטייל”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press

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