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horilka

Syllables: hor·il·ka/hoˈɹilka/

horilka noun: ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.

Noun

horilka (countable and uncountable, plural horilkas)

  1. Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
    • In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner.1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, page 32
    Synonyms:
    brandy, corn-brandy, vodka, whisky, whiskey

Synonyms of horilka

Forms of horilka

pluralhorilkas
alternative formgorilka
alternative formghorilka

Origin of horilka

From Ukrainian горі́лка (horílka, “vodka”). Compare Belarusian гарэ́лка (harélka), South Russian горе́лка (gorélka).

Questions about horilka

What does horilka mean?
Horilka means ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
What part of speech is horilka?
Horilka is a noun.
How do you pronounce horilka?
Horilka is pronounced /hoˈɹilka/.
What is the plural of horilka?
The plural of horilka is horilkas.

Words near horilka in the dictionary

  1. horiciclic
  2. horicyclic
  3. horier
  4. horiest
  5. Horikawa
  6. horilka
  7. horilkas
  8. horim
  9. horims
  10. Horine
  11. Horines

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