Meanings
present singular third person liqueurs · participle present liqueuring · participle past liqueured · past liqueured
- to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution
Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstrong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchliqueur
- Englishliqueur
Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لِيكْيُور
- لِيكْيُور (likyur)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Bulgarian ликьо́р
- ликьо́р (likjór)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Chinese Cantonese 力嬌酒 /力娇酒, 利口酒
- 力嬌酒 /力娇酒 (lik⁶ giu¹ zau²)a flavored alcoholic beverage
- 利口酒 (lei⁶ hau² zau²)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Chinese Mandarin 利口酒
- 利口酒 (lìkǒujiǔ)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Czech likér
- likéra flavored alcoholic beverage
Danish likør
- likøra flavored alcoholic beverage
Dutch likeur
- likeura flavored alcoholic beverage
Esperanto likvoro
- likvoroa flavored alcoholic beverage
Estonian liköör
- likööra flavored alcoholic beverage
Finnish likööri
- likööria flavored alcoholic beverage
French liqueur, ratafia
- liqueura flavored alcoholic beverage
- ratafiaa flavored alcoholic beverage
German Likör
- Liköra flavored alcoholic beverage
Greek ηδύποτο, λικέρ
- ηδύποτο (idýpoto)a flavored alcoholic beverage
- λικέρ (likér)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Hebrew לִיקֶר
- לִיקֶרa flavored alcoholic beverage
Hungarian likőr
- likőra flavored alcoholic beverage
Icelandic líkjör
- líkjöra flavored alcoholic beverage
Indonesian likeur
- likeura flavored alcoholic beverage
Irish licéar
- licéara flavored alcoholic beverage
Italian liquore
- liquorea flavored alcoholic beverage
Japanese リキュール
- リキュール (rikyūru)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Korean 리큐어
- 리큐어 (rikyueo)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Latvian liķieris
- liķierisa flavored alcoholic beverage
Lithuanian likeris
- likerisa flavored alcoholic beverage
Persian لیکور
- لیکور (likor)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Polish likier
- likiera flavored alcoholic beverage
Portuguese licor
- licora flavored alcoholic beverage
Romanian lichior
- lichiora flavored alcoholic beverage
Russian ликёр
- ликёр (likjór)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Slovak likér
- likéra flavored alcoholic beverage
Spanish licor
- licora flavored alcoholic beverage
Swedish likör
- liköra flavored alcoholic beverage
Turkish likör
- liköra flavored alcoholic beverage
Ukrainian ліке́р
- ліке́р (likér)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Vietnamese rượu mùi
- rượu mùia flavored alcoholic beverage
Yiddish ליקער, נאַליווקע
- ליקער (liker)a flavored alcoholic beverage
- נאַליווקע (nalivke)a flavored alcoholic beverage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with liqueur
Cite this entry
liqueur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liqueur
“liqueur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liqueur. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liqueur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liqueur.
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