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Meaning 1
An orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur produced in France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Cointreau
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkwæntɹəʊ/
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/ˈkwɑːntɹəʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: K AO2 N T R OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A single serving of this liqueur.
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of Cointreau (“serving of Cointreau liqueur”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
Named after the Cointreau brothers, who set up a distillery in 1849 in Angers.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 君度 (jūndù) — orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur
- French: cointreau — orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur
- Japanese: コアントロー (koantorō) — orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur
- Korean: 쿠앵트로 (kuaengteuro) — orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur
- Marathi: क्वांट्रो (kvāṇṭro) — orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur
- Russian: куантро́ (kuantró) — orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur
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