apéritif

• aperitif

Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/, /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/

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apéritif (plural apéritifs)

1. An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

• digestif

• apéritif on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperītīvus (“opening”, adjective).

• IPA^(key): /a.pe.ʁi.tif/

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apéritif m (plural apéritifs)

1. apéritif

   Synonym: (informal) apéro

   Antonym: digestif

• apéritif dinatoire
• apéritif géant

• ouvrir

• → Dutch: aperitief
  • → Indonesian: aperitif
• → Greek: απεριτίφ (aperitíf)
• → Hungarian: aperitif
• → Polish: aperitif
• → Romanian: aperitiv
• → Turkish: aperitif

• “apéritif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• pétrifia