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kvass

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /kvɑːs/
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  • rhymes with -ɑːs

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brew, brewage

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كْفَاس (kfās) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Arabic: كْفَاس (kvās) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Armenian: կվաս (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Belarusian: квас (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Bulgarian: квас (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 克瓦斯 (kèwǎsī) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格瓦斯 (géwǎsī) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Czech: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Danish: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Esperanto: kvaso — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Estonian: kali — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Finnish: kvassi — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Finnish: taari — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • French: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Georgian: ბურახი (buraxi) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • German: Kwass — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Hebrew: קוואס — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Hindi: क्वास (kvās) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Hungarian: kvasz — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Ingrian: taari — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Japanese: クワス (kuwasu) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Kalmyk: хәмр (xämr) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Korean: 크바스 (keubaseu) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Latvian: kvass — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Latvian: dzersis — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Lithuanian: gira — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Macedonian: квас (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Eastern Mari: пура (pura) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Eastern Mari: шопо (šopo) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Western Mari: шапы (šapy) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Western Mari: квас (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvass — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvass — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Polish: kwas chlebowy — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Portuguese: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Romanian: cvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Russian: квас (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Serbo-Croatian: ква̑с — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvȃs — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Slovak: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Slovene: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Spanish: kvas — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Swedish: kvass — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Udmurt: сюкась (śukaś) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Ukrainian: квас (kvas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Vietnamese: nước cơvat — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
  • Yakut: кыбаас (kïbaas) — fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage