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slivovitz

Syllables: sli·vo·vitz/ˈslɪvəvɪts/US/ˈslɪvəˌvɪts/

slivovitz noun: a type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from distilled, fermented plum juice.

slivovitz: a type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from distilled, fermented plum juice
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Noun (1)

slivovitz (countable and uncountable, plural slivovitzes)

  1. A type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from distilled, fermented plum juice.
    • The spirit called Sirmischer Slivovitz is met with at Trieste. It is distilled from fermented plums, and is made in Sirmia near Belgrade. This kind of spirit is also in use at Vienna and Prague.1820, W[illiam] A[rchibald] Cadell, chapter I, in A Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, […] In Two Volumes, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co....
    • Four fairs are held at Pest annually; and while they last, it is calculated that 20,000 strangers and 14,000 waggons pass the outer lines. 8000 large barges unload at the quay in the course of the year: the principal trade lies in wines, raw hides, honey, wax, and a vile spirit, called Slivovitz...1850, “Route 282. The Danube (F[rance]).—Presburg to Pest.”, in A Hand-book for Travellers in Southern Germany; […], 5th corrected and enlarged edition, London: John Murray, […] ; Paris: A[nthony] &...
  2. (countable) A serving of this alcoholic drink.
    • Jacek turned his back to the streetcar, from the yellow windows of the restaurant the lament of an accordion and near the door the sad figure of his neighbor Mestek in his green windbreaker with a hood sitting over a melancholy plate of kipper and a glass of stale beer, Jacek downed two double...1992, Vladimír Páral, “Part II—Games—Five”, in William Harkins, transl., Catapult: A Timetable of Rail, Sea, and Air Ways to Paradise … Translated from the Czech (A Garrigue Book), [Highland Park]...
    • They were in Vienna for an evening, and after dinner and a couple of slivovitzes, he watched through the hotel room window as snow began to gather on a statue of Johann Strauss.2002, John Szwed, So What: The Life of Miles Davis, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Slivovitz

Slivovitz (countable and uncountable, plural Slivovitzes)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of slivovitz.
    • The spirit called Sirmischer Slivovitz is met with at Trieste. It is distilled from fermented plums, and is made in Sirmia near Belgrade. This kind of spirit is also in use at Vienna and Prague.1820, W[illiam] A[rchibald] Cadell, chapter I, in A Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, […] In Two Volumes, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co....
    • Four fairs are held at Pest annually; and while they last, it is calculated that 20,000 strangers and 14,000 waggons pass the outer lines. 8000 large barges unload at the quay in the course of the year: the principal trade lies in wines, raw hides, honey, wax, and a vile spirit, called Slivovitz...1850, “Route 282. The Danube (F[rance]).—Presburg to Pest.”, in A Hand-book for Travellers in Southern Germany; […], 5th corrected and enlarged edition, London: John Murray, […] ; Paris: A[nthony] &...

slivovitz meaning in Pashto

slivovitz in Pashto

rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
سليووويټز

Examples of slivovitz in a sentence

  • "There is a flask of slivovitz (the plum brandy of the country) underneath the seat, if you should require it."1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1899, page 11:
  • We went in the hotel bar, sat down and proceeded to order some Slivovitz.1986, Buck Clayton, assisted by Nancy Miller Elliott, “Humphrey Lyttelton and My English Tours”, in Buck Clayton’s Jazz World, Basingstoke...
  • The slivovitz was bad, too, but when drunk in tandem with the bad beer it was almost good again.2014, Jörg Fauser, Jamie Bulloch, Raw Material, London: Clerkenwell Press, →ISBN:

Synonyms of slivovitz

Forms of slivovitz

pluralslivovitzes
alternative formslivovic
alternative formslivovica
alternative formslivovice
alternative formSlivovitz
alternative formslivowitz
pluralSlivovitzes

Origin of slivovitz

From Serbo-Croatian šljȉvovica, шљи̏вовица (“slivovitz”), from šljȉva, шљи̏ва (“plum”) + -ica, -ица (suffix forming a feminine noun, often a diminutive). Šljȉva may be derived from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, the suffixed form of *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”), describing the colour of the fruit.

Questions about slivovitz

What does slivovitz mean?
Slivovitz means a type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from distilled, fermented plum juice.
What is slivovitz in Pashto?
Slivovitz in Pashto is سليووويټز. See Slivovitz meaning in Pashto.
How do you use slivovitz in a sentence?
"There is a flask of slivovitz (the plum brandy of the country) underneath the seat, if you should require it."
What part of speech is slivovitz?
Slivovitz is a noun.
How do you pronounce slivovitz?
Slivovitz is pronounced /ˈslɪvəvɪts/ (UK).
What is the plural of slivovitz?
The plural of slivovitz is slivovitzes.

Words near slivovitz in the dictionary

  1. Slivno
  2. slivovic
  3. slivovica
  4. slivovice
  5. slivovices
  6. slivovitz
  7. slivovitzes
  8. slivowitz
  9. Sliwa
  10. Sliwas
  11. Sliwinski

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