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aperitif

aperitif is the alternative form of apéritif.

Meaning of apéritif

Noun

apéritif (plural apéritifs)

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

Forms of aperitif

pluralaperitifs

Phrases with aperitif

Questions about aperitif

What is aperitif the alternative form of?
Aperitif is the alternative form of apéritif.

Words near aperitif in the dictionary

  1. aperiodicities
  2. aperiodicity
  3. aperiosteal
  4. aperispermic
  5. aperistalsis
  6. aperitif
  7. aperitif wine
  8. aperitif wines
  9. aperitifs
  10. aperitive
  11. aperitives

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