pilsner
/ˈpɪlznə/
pilsner noun: a pale, light lager beer.
Noun (1)
pilsner (countable and uncountable, plural pilsners)
Noun (2) capitalized: Pilsner
Pilsner (countable and uncountable, plural Pilsners)
- Alternative letter-case form of pilsner.
- I am an optimist at bottom, with a superficial coating of pessimism, which thaws near a piano, a pretty girl, or a glass of Pilsner.1918, James Gibbons Huneker, “Jim the Penman”, in Steeplejack, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, part I (In Old Philadelphia), pages 206–207
- We drink Pilsners as we walk, and Denton doesn’t try to hide his when Chicken George drives by.2000, Todd Babiak, chapter 6, in Choke Hold, Winnipeg, Man.: Turnstone Press, →ISBN, page 182
Synonyms of pilsner
Forms of pilsner
| plural | pilsners |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Pilsener |
| alternative form | pilsener |
| alternative form | Pilsner |
| plural | Pilsners |
Origin of pilsner
From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed.
Questions about pilsner
- What does pilsner mean?
- Pilsner means a pale, light lager beer.
- What part of speech is pilsner?
- Pilsner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pilsner?
- Pilsner is pronounced /ˈpɪlznə/.
- What is the plural of pilsner?
- The plural of pilsner is pilsners.
Words near pilsner in the dictionary
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