wiski

Cebuano

Etymology

From English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally water of life), calque of Latin aqua vitae, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (water) + *biwotos (life).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wis‧ki

Noun

wiski

  1. a whiskey
  2. a glass of whiskey

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:wiski.


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiski/, [ˈwis̠ki]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiski/, [ˈʋis̠ki]
  • Rhymes: -iski
  • Syllabification(key): wis‧ki

Noun

wiski

  1. Alternative form of viski
  2. The letter "W" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
    Synonym: kaksoisvee

Declension

Inflection of wiski (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative wiski wiskit
genitive wiskin wiskien
partitive wiskiä wiskejä
illative wiskiin wiskeihin
singular plural
nominative wiski wiskit
accusative nom. wiski wiskit
gen. wiskin
genitive wiskin wiskien
partitive wiskiä wiskejä
inessive wiskissä wiskeissä
elative wiskistä wiskeistä
illative wiskiin wiskeihin
adessive wiskillä wiskeillä
ablative wiskiltä wiskeiltä
allative wiskille wiskeille
essive wiskinä wiskeinä
translative wiskiksi wiskeiksi
instructive wiskein
abessive wiskittä wiskeittä
comitative wiskeineen
Possessive forms of wiski (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person wiskini wiskimme
2nd person wiskisi wiskinne
3rd person wiskinsä

Maltese

Etymology

From English whisky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪs.kɪ/

Noun

wiski m

  1. whisky

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiski/ [ˈwis.ki]
  • Rhymes: -iski
  • Syllabification: wis‧ki

Noun

wiski m (plural wiskis)

  1. Alternative spelling of whisky

Usage notes

Rarely used hispanicized spelling recommended by the Real Academia Española.[1]

References

  1. whisky,wiski,güisqui at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading

  • Ortografía de la lengua española, 2010, p. 86–87, 614.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

wiski (n class, plural wiski)

  1. whisky

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English whiskey.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wis‧ki
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiski/, [ˈwis.kɪ]

Noun

wiski (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜒ)

  1. whiskey
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