anisette

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noun

A French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise

Similar
anisette de Bordeaux
OriginFrench anisette →
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Meanings

nounanisette (countable and uncountable, plural anisettes)

plural anisettes

  1. countableuncountableA French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise

Synonyms & antonyms

nounliquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed

Similar
anisette de Bordeaux
Broader
liqueurcordial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchanisette
  2. Englishanisette

Borrowed from French anisette, from anis + -ette.

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Translations

Catalan anís
  • anísalcoholic liqueur
Chinese Mandarin 茴香酒
  • 茴香酒 (huíxiāngjiǔ)alcoholic liqueur
Esperanto anizlikvoro
  • anizlikvoroalcoholic liqueur
Finnish anislikööri
  • anisliköörialcoholic liqueur
German Anisette
  • Anisettealcoholic liqueur
Italian anisetta
  • anisettaalcoholic liqueur
Portuguese anisete, aniseta
  • anisetealcoholic liqueur
  • anisetaalcoholic liqueur
Romanian aniset
  • anisetalcoholic liqueur
Russian ани́совая, ани́совка
  • ани́совая (anísovaja)alcoholic liqueur
  • ани́совка (anísovka)alcoholic liqueur
Spanish anisete
  • anisetealcoholic liqueur

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with anisette

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

anisette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anisette

MLA

“anisette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anisette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anisette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anisette.

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