punsch
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See also: Punsch
Etymology
Noun
punsch (uncountable)
- A Swedish fruit liqueur based on Batavia arrack, neutral spirits, and flavorings.
- Synonym: Swedish punsch
- 2017, Gunilla Anderman, Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- Strindberg's as well as Ibsen's characters indulge in a glass of ‘punsch’, the arrak-based drink popular in Scandinavia during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
- 2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur. Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.
Further reading
Noun
punsch m (plural punschs)
- punch (beverage)
Etymology
Borrowed from English punch, from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Pronunciation
Noun
punsch c
Usage notes
- Sometimes inaccurately translated into English as punch, which is a false friend-type error, although the words apparently have a common origin.
Declension
Derived terms
- arrakspunsch
- punscha
- punschbål
- punschglas
- punschkylare
- punschpatriot
- punschpatriotism
- punschpralin
- punschskål
- punschveranda
References
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