name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
kirsch
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/kɪə(ɹ)ʃ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, often, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
from fermented juice of black morello cherries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brandy
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”). Doublet of cerise and cherry.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 基爾希 /基尔希 (Jī'ěrxī) — surname
- Bulgarian: кирш (kirš) — clear brandy
- Catalan: kirsch — clear brandy
- Esperanto: kirŝo — clear brandy
- Finnish: kirsikkaviina — clear brandy
- French: kirsch — clear brandy
- Galician: kirsch — clear brandy
- German: Kirschwasser — clear brandy
- Ido: kirsho — clear brandy
- Italian: kirsch — clear brandy
- Japanese: キルシュヴァッサー (kirushuvassā) — clear brandy
- Japanese: キルシュ (kirushu) — clear brandy
- Polish: kirsch — clear brandy
- Portuguese: kirsch — clear brandy
- Portuguese: quirche — clear brandy
- Spanish: kirsch — clear brandy
- Volapük: celabrändin — clear brandy
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