noun
Meaning 1
A pale, light lager beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pils
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pilsner
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpɪlznə/
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of pilsner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pilsener
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lager, lager beer
History
Etymology
From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: pilsner — pale, light beer
- Estonian: pilsner — pale, light beer
- Faroese: pilsnari — pale, light beer
- Finnish: pilsner — pale, light beer
- Finnish: pilsner-olut — pale, light beer
- German: Pils — pale, light beer
- Polish: pilzner — pale, light beer
- Portuguese: pilsen — pale, light beer
- Swedish: pilsner — pale, light beer
- Ukrainian: пі́льзнер (pílʹzner) — pale, light beer