Meanings
beverage1
plural beverages · alternative obsolete beveridge
- countableuncountableA liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
alcoholic beverage
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carbonated beverage
He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]
1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 44[W]here coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known.
1848, J. S. Skinner & Son, editor, The Plough, The Loom and the Anvil, volume I, Philadelphia: J. S. Skinner & Son, page 137Synonyms: drink
Beverage2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
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Origin
- Latinbibō
- Old Frenchbeverage
- Middle Englishbeverage
- Englishbeverage
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans drankie
- drankiedrink
Arabic شَرَاب, مَشْرُوب
- شَرَاب (šarāb)drink
- مَشْرُوب (mašrūb)drink
Basque edari
- edaridrink
Bulgarian напи́тка, питие́
- напи́тка (napítka)drink
- питие́ (pitié)drink
Catalan beguda
- begudadrink
Chinese Cantonese 飲品 /饮品, 飲料 /饮料
- 飲品 /饮品drink
- 飲料 /饮料drink
- 嘢飲 /嘢饮drink
Chinese Mandarin 飲料 /饮料, 飲品 /饮品
- 飲料 /饮料 (yǐnliào)drink
- 飲品 /饮品 (yǐnpǐn)drink
Czech nápoj
- nápojdrink
Danish drik
- drikdrink
Dutch drankje, drank
- drankjedrink
- drankdrink
Esperanto trinkaĵo
- trinkaĵodrink
Estonian jook
- jookdrink
Finnish juoma
- juomadrink
French boisson, breuvage
- boissondrink
- breuvagedrink
German Getränk
- Getränkdrink
Greek ποτό
- ποτό (potó)drink
Hebrew מַשְׁקֶה
- מַשְׁקֶה (mashké)drink
Hindi पेय
- पेय (pey)drink
Hungarian ital
- italdrink
Icelandic drykkur
- drykkurdrink
Indonesian minuman
- minumandrink
Irish deoch
- deochdrink
Italian bevanda
- bevandadrink
Japanese 飲料, ドリンク
- 飲料 (inryō)drink
- ドリンク (dorinku)drink
- 飲み物 (nomimono)drink
Korean 음료, 음료수
- 음료 (eumnyo)drink
- 음료수 (eumnyosu)drink
- 마실 것 (masil geot)drink
- 드링크 (deuringkeu)drink
Latin pōtus
- pōtusdrink
Latvian dzēriens
- dzēriensdrink
Lithuanian gėrimas
- gėrimasdrink
Malay minuman
- minumandrink
Māori inu, inuinu
- inudrink
- inuinudrink
Norwegian Bokmål drikk
- drikkdrink
Polish napój
- napójdrink
Portuguese bebida
- bebidadrink
Romanian băutură
- băuturădrink
Russian напи́ток, питьё
- напи́ток (napítok)drink
- питьё (pitʹjó)drink
- по́йло (pójlo)drink
Slovak nápoj
- nápojdrink
Spanish bebida, bebienda
- bebidadrink
- bebiendadrink
- beberciodrink
- brebajedrink
- brebajodrink
Swahili kinywaji
- kinywajidrink
Swedish dryck
- dryckdrink
Thai เครื่องดื่ม
- เครื่องดื่ม (krʉ̂ʉang-dʉ̀ʉm)drink
Turkish içecek, meşrubat
- içecekdrink
- meşrubatdrink
Ukrainian напі́й, напи́ток
- напі́й (napíj)drink
- напи́ток (napýtok)drink
Urdu مَشْرُوب
- مَشْرُوب (maśrūb)drink
Vietnamese nước giải khát
- nước giải khátdrink
Welsh diod
- dioddrink
Yiddish געטראַנק
- געטראַנק (getrank)drink
Cite this entry
beverage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beverage
“beverage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beverage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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