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negroni

UK/nɪˈɡɹəʊnɪ/US/nəˈɡɹoʊni/

negroni noun: a cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts.

negroni: a cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts
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Noun

negroni (plural negronis)

  1. A cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts.
    • The main item on the agenda was alcohol, not food. [Gavin] Ewart began with several negronis (gin, vermouth, Campari), which is not an amateur’s drink, and carried on from there.2012 April 27, Matthew Engel, “Let’s do lunch!”, in Financial Times
    • A curly-haired 20-something sat down across the bar from us, opened a book, and ordered a bowl of olives and a negroni.2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025

negroni meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

negroni in Malayalam

ജിൻ, കമ്പാരി

negroni in Arabic

cocktail made from gin, Campari and vermouth
نِيجْرُونِي nījrūnī

Forms of negroni

pluralnegronis

Origin of negroni

Borrowed from Italian negroni, from surname Italian Negroni, from Italian negri (“black”) + Italian -oni (“(ablative) from, of”). The origin of the drink's name is disputed. The drink is most often said to be named after Count Camillo Negroni (1868–1934), who asked for an early form of this cocktail.

Words that rhyme with negroni

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Questions about negroni

What does negroni mean?
Negroni means a cocktail consisting of gin, Campari and vermouth, usually in equal parts.
What is negroni in Malayalam?
Negroni in Malayalam is ജിൻ, കമ്പാരി. See Negroni meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is negroni?
Negroni is a noun.
How do you pronounce negroni?
Negroni is pronounced /nəˈɡɹoʊni/ (US).
What is the plural of negroni?
The plural of negroni is negronis.

Words near negroni in the dictionary

  1. negrolike
  2. Negroloid
  3. negromancy
  4. Negron
  5. Negroness
  6. negroni
  7. negronis
  8. Negrons
  9. negrophil
  10. negrophile
  11. negrophiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: negroni (page history and authors); negroni (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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