kvass

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/kvɑːs/

noun

A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.

OriginRussian квас →
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Meanings

nounkvass (countable and uncountable, plural kvasses)

plural kvasses · alternative kvas · alternative quass · alternative quas

  1. countableuncountableA fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.

    The station-master coming up asked her whether she was going by train. A boy selling kvas never took his eyes off her.

    1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy
    1 more example

    She […] talked constantly, mostly of her childhood, the young ladies’ school she had attended, and the pleasures of Kiev in the summertime. “Days are long and hot, but nights are languorous and starlit. People refresh themselves in their flower gardens and some walk in the parks, drink kvass and lemonade, and listen to the symphonies […]”

    1966, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Fixer

Origin

  1. Russianквас
  2. Englishkvass

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

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Translations

Arabic كْفَاس, كْفَاس
  • كْفَاس (kfās)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • كْفَاس (kvās)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Bulgarian квас
  • квас (kvas)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Chinese Mandarin 克瓦斯, 格瓦斯
  • 克瓦斯 (kèwǎsī)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • 格瓦斯 (géwǎsī)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Czech kvas
  • kvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Danish kvas
  • kvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Esperanto kvaso
  • kvasofermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Estonian kali
  • kalifermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Finnish kvassi, taari
  • kvassifermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • taarifermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
French kvas
  • kvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
German Kwass
  • Kwassfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Hebrew קוואס
  • קוואסfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Hindi क्वास
  • क्वास (kvās)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Hungarian kvasz
  • kvaszfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Japanese クワス
  • クワス (kuwasu)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Korean 크바스
  • 크바스 (keubaseu)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Latvian kvass, dzersis
  • kvassfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • dzersisfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Lithuanian gira
  • girafermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Norwegian Bokmål kvass
  • kvassfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Polish kwas chlebowy
  • kwas chlebowyfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Portuguese kvas
  • kvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Romanian cvas
  • cvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Russian квас
  • квас (kvas)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Slovak kvas
  • kvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Spanish kvas
  • kvasfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Swedish kvass
  • kvassfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Ukrainian квас
  • квас (kvas)fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
Vietnamese nước cơvat
  • nước cơvatfermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with kvass

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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