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martini

/mɑːˈtiːni/US/mɑɹˈtini/

martini noun: a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.

martini: a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth
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Noun (1)

martini (countable and uncountable, plural martinis)

  1. A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.
    • Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?
    • My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.
  2. (proscribed, sometimes) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.
    • I love the chocolate martinis at Trendy Bar!

Noun (2) capitalized: Martini

Martini (plural Martinis)

  1. (obsolete) A breech mechanism for a rifle.
  2. A type of rifle using similar features.
    • Now the butt of a Martini in the small of your back hurts a great deal1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 96

Noun (3) capitalized: Martini

Martini (countable and uncountable, plural Martinis)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of martini (a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth).
    • Only the priest and Major Hugh Edwards, a blind Englishman, drank Martini or something cheaper in the hot hours after noon and before the clumping sabots announced the working day’s end.1954, Eric Baume, The Mortal Sin of Father Grossard, Angus and Robertson, page 20
    • They would talk while Mrs Costello smoked and drank Martini, and then there would be the sudden, jolting sound of the hoover being switched on.1999, Ruth Thomas, The Dance Settee and Other Stories, Edinburgh: Polygon, →ISBN, page 153
  2. A brand of Italian vermouth available in several versions, from the Martini & Rossi company.

Proper noun capitalized: Martini

Martini

  1. A surname from Italian.

martini meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

martini in Hindi

मार्टिनी, मार्टीनी

martini in Tamil

மார்ட்டினி, மார்டினி

martini in Marathi

मार्टिनी, मार्टीनी

martini in Urdu

مارٹنی, مارٹینی
More languagesFewer languages
martini in Bengali
মার্টিনি
martini in Telugu
మార్టిని, మార్టినీ
martini in Malayalam
മാർട്ടിനി
martini in Kannada
ಮಾರ್ಟಿನಿ
martini in Punjabi
ਮਾਰਟੀਨੀ, ਮਾਰਟਿਨੀ, ਮਾਰਟਨੀ
martini in Gujarati
માર્ટિની, માર્ટીની
martini in Odia
ମାର୍ଟିନି, ମାର୍ଟିନୀ
martini in Nepali
मार्टिनी, मार्टीनी

Examples of martini in a sentence

  • Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.1961 Jan, Robert Silverberg, Amazing Stories, page 26, column 2:
  • He drank martini, played bridge in the club, and captured treaty-port life wickedly.1997, Caroline Courtauld, May Holdsworth, The Hong Kong Story, Oxford, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21:
  • After the meal, they drank martini on the rocks in the lounge.2007, Margaret S. Ngwa, Divine Love for Cleansing, Patron Publishing House, →ISBN, page 63:

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Forms of martini

pluralmartinis
alternative formMartini
pluralMartinis
alternative formmartini
alternative hypercorrect (humorous)martinus

Plural of martini: martinis

Origin of martini

See Martini.

Named after Hungarian-born Swiss inventor Frédéric de Martini (1832–1897).

Martini is an Italian name, and in the sense of vermouth is used by the Italian company Martini & Rossi. In the sense “cocktail with vermouth and either gin or vodka”, coined in America in the 19th or 20th century, for which various theories exist – perhaps named for the Italian brand of vermouth, perhaps after Martinez, California, perhaps after an Italian bartender of that name.

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Words that rhyme with martini

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Questions about martini

What does martini mean?
Martini means a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.
What is martini in Hindi?
Martini in Hindi is मार्टिनी, मार्टीनी. See Martini meaning in Hindi.
How do you use martini in a sentence?
Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.
What part of speech is martini?
Martini can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce martini?
Martini is pronounced /mɑɹˈtini/ (US).
What is the plural of martini?
The plural of martini is martinis.

Words near martini in the dictionary

  1. martingaling
  2. martingality
  3. martingals
  4. Martinhoe
  5. Martinhoe Cross
  6. martini
  7. martini effect
  8. martini shot
  9. martini shots
  10. Martinian
  11. Martinians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: martini (page history and authors); Martini (page history and authors); martini (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); martini (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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