slivovitz

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈslɪvəvɪts/
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• General-American: /ˈslɪvəˌvɪts/
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From Serbo-Croatian šljȉvovica, шљи̏вовица (“slivovitz”), from šljȉva, шљи̏ва (“plum”) + -ica, -ица (suffix forming a feminine noun, often a diminutive). Šljȉva may be derived from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, the suffixed form of *(s)leh3y- (“bluish”), describing the colour of the fruit.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: слівавіца (slivavica) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Bulgarian: сливовица (slivovica) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Bulgarian: сли́вова (slívova) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Catalan: slivovitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Chinese Mandarin: 史立瓦維茲 /史立瓦维兹 (shǐlìwǎwéizī) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Chinese Mandarin: 斯利沃威茨 (sīlìwòwēicí) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Czech: slivovice — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Dutch: slivovitsj — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Esperanto: slivovico — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Estonian: slivovits — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Finnish: slivovits — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• French: slivovitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• German: Sliwowitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Bavarian German: Schligowitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Bavarian German: Schliwowitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Bavarian German: Zwetschgnschnops — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Bavarian German: Zwetschgnwossa — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Greek: σλιβοβίτσα (slivovítsa) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Hebrew: סליבוביץ׳ — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Hungarian: szilvapálinka — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Hungarian: szilvapárlat — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Italian: slivovitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Japanese: スリヴォヴィッツ — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Kazakh: сливовица (slivovisa) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Korean: 슬리보비츠 (seullibobicheu) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Lithuanian: slivovica — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Macedonian: сливовица (slivovica) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Mingrelian: სლივოვიცა (slivovica) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Pashto: سليووويټز — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Polish: śliwowica — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Portuguese: slivovitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Romanian: șliboviță — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Romanian: țuică — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Romanian: pălincă — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Russian: сливо́вица (slivóvica) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Serbo-Croatian: шљи̏вовица — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Serbo-Croatian: šljȉvovica — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Slovak: slivovica — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Slovene: slivovka — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Spanish: slivovitz — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Swedish: slivovits — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Ukrainian: сливо́виця (slyvóvycja) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice
• Yiddish: שליוואָוויץ (shlivovits) — rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice