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Plural of whiskey

regular plural

The plural of whiskey is whiskeys or whiskies.

Forms of whiskey

Singularwhiskey /ˈwɪski/
Pluralwhiskeys
whiskies
Countablecountable and uncountable

Plural of whiskey by meaning

  1. a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).: whiskeys or whiskies
  2. a light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.: whiskeys

Whiskeys and whiskies in a sentence

  • They were advertising Japanese whiskeys, Macau casino-resorts, and skin-whitening creams for women.2018, Ling Ma, chapter 8, in Severance, →ISBN. From the entry Eurasian
  • He drank a few whiskeys and smoked a few bowl-fulls of his pipe and told me a few stories.1980, Victoria Wolff, chapter IV, in Spell of Egypt, Los Angeles, Calif.: Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry bowl-full
  • The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.From the entry cut
  • Only about 25% of Scotch whiskies have any peat smoke character at all.2021, Margarett Waterbury, Scotch: A Complete Introduction to Scotland's Whiskies. From the entry peat smoke
  • When he came downstairs from the bar with the whiskies, she had found a sweater for herself and had cowled a thick raincoat over Sligo.1964, Hortense Calisher, “Extreme Magic”, in Extreme Magic: A Novella and Other Stories, Boston: Little, Brown, page 208. From the entry cowl

Meaning of whiskey

  1. noun A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
  2. noun A drink of whiskey.
  3. noun A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.

Full definition of whiskey

Questions about the plural of whiskey

What is the plural of whiskey?
The plural of whiskey is whiskeys or whiskies.
Which is correct, whiskeys or whiskies?
Both are used. whiskies is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is whiskey countable?
Whiskey is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whiskey (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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