vodka
/ˈvɒdkə//ˈvɑdkə/
vodka noun: a clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
Noun (1)
vodka (countable and uncountable, plural vodkas)
- A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
- Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business
- At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.2007 June 27, Rob Willey, “A Bit of History, Reborn in a Glass”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2021
- A serving of the above beverage.
- You should mutter sullenly into your glass, cursing the serving woman (Witch! Hag! Poison!) or the vodka (Poison! Bitch!), as the one pours you another glass of the other.1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN
- Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.
- A Russian.
- Russian language.
Noun (2) capitalized: Vodka
Vodka (plural Vodkas)
- Alternative letter-case form of vodka (“Russian”).
vodka meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vodka in Hindi
- clear distilled alcoholic liquor
- वोदका vodkā, वोडका voḍkā, बोदका bodkā
vodka in Tamil
- clear distilled alcoholic liquor
- ஓட்கா ōṭkā
vodka in Urdu
- clear distilled alcoholic liquor
- وودْکا vodkā, ووڈْکا voḍkā
vodka in Bengali
- clear distilled alcoholic liquor
- ভদকা bhodoka
More languagesFewer languages
- vodka in Telugu
- వోడ్కా vōḍkā
- vodka in Kannada
- ವೋಡ್ಕಾ vōḍkā
- vodka in Gujarati
- વોડકા voḍkā
- vodka in Sinhala
- වොඩ්කා woḍkā
- vodka in Tagalog
- bodka
- vodka in Arabic
- فُودْكَا vodkā
- vodka in Malay
- vodka
- vodka in Indonesian
- vodka
- vodka in Thai
- วอดก้า wɔ́t-gâa
- vodka in Vietnamese
- vodka, vôtca, rượu vôtca, rượu vodka
- vodka in Myanmar
- ဗော့ဒ်ကာ baud.ka
- Kashmiri
- وۄدکا vọdkā
Examples of vodka in a sentence
- Do we have any mixers? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.
- I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka.
- I don't take vodka straight, but it slips down with a bit of lemonade.
Forms of vodka
| plural | vodkas |
|---|---|
| plural | Vodkas |
| alternative form (nonstandard, colloquial) | vodki |
| alternative form (nonstandard, colloquial) | vodky |
Origin of vodka
Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), from вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -ка (-ka, “-let: forming diminutives”). The archaic Russian name for vodka was хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, “grain wine”); V. Pokhlyobkin's research suggests the present name derived from expressions concerning the dilution of the initial pure distilled spirit such as "vodka of grain wine". Cognates include Sanskrit उदक (udaka), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) → English hydro-, English whisky and English water.
Words formed from vodka
Phrases with vodka
Questions about vodka
- What does vodka mean?
- Vodka means a clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
- What is vodka in Hindi?
- Vodka in Hindi is वोदका (vodkā), वोडका (voḍkā), बोदका (bodkā). See Vodka meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vodka?
- Vodka is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vodka?
- Vodka is pronounced /ˈvɒdkə/.
- What is the plural of vodka?
- The plural of vodka is vodkas.
Words near vodka in the dictionary
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