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vermouth

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈmuːθ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːməθ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /vɚˈmuθ/
  • rhymes with -uːθ
  • CMU ARPABET: V ER0 M UW1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.

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

Broader terms: booze

2

noun

Meaning 2

A serving of vermouth.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wine, vino

Narrower terms: sweet vermouth, Italian vermouth, dry vermouth, French vermouth

History

Etymology

From French vermout, vermouth, from German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of wormwood.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِسْفِنْط (ʔisfinṭ) — wine infused with herbs
  • Arabic: فِيرْمُوت (firmut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Aramaic: אפסינתינון (ap̄sinṭīnōn) — wine infused with herbs
  • Aramaic: אפסנתין (ap̄sinṭīn) — wine infused with herbs
  • Armenian: վերմուտ (vermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Asturian: vermú — wine infused with herbs
  • Basque: bermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Belarusian: вермут (vjermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Bulgarian: вермут (vermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Catalan: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 威末酒 (wai1 mut6 zau2) — wine infused with herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 味美思 (wèiměisī) — wine infused with herbs
  • Chuvash: bермут (bermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Czech: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Dutch: vermout — wine infused with herbs
  • Esperanto: vermuto — wine infused with herbs
  • Estonian: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Finnish: vermutti — wine infused with herbs
  • French: vermouth — wine infused with herbs
  • Galician: vermú — wine infused with herbs
  • Georgian: ვერმუთი (vermuti) — wine infused with herbs
  • German: Wermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Greek: βερμούτ (vermoút) — wine infused with herbs
  • Ancient Greek: ἀψινθίτης (apsinthítēs) — wine infused with herbs
  • Greek: ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion) — wine infused with herbs
  • Greek: ἀψινθίατον (apsinthíaton) — wine infused with herbs
  • Hebrew: ורמוט — wine infused with herbs
  • Hungarian: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Hungarian: ürmös — wine infused with herbs
  • Hungarian: ürmösbor — wine infused with herbs
  • Icelandic: vermút — wine infused with herbs
  • Ido: vermuto — wine infused with herbs
  • Interlingua: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Irish: fíon mormónta — wine infused with herbs
  • Italian: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Japanese: ベルモット (berumotto) — wine infused with herbs
  • Javanese: vermouth — wine infused with herbs
  • Korean: 베르무트 (bereumuteu) — wine infused with herbs
  • Latin: absinthium — wine infused with herbs
  • Latin: absinthiātum — wine infused with herbs
  • Lithuanian: vermutas — wine infused with herbs
  • Macedonian: вермут (vermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Persian: ورموت (vermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Polish: wermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Portuguese: vermute — wine infused with herbs
  • Romanian: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Russian: ве́рмут (vérmut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Serbo-Croatian: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Slovak: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Spanish: vermú — wine infused with herbs
  • Spanish: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Swedish: vermouth — wine infused with herbs
  • Swedish: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Tagalog: bermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Thai: เวอร์มุธ (wəə-mút) — wine infused with herbs
  • Turkish: vermut — wine infused with herbs
  • Ukrainian: вермут (vermut) — wine infused with herbs
  • Volapük: vemut — wine infused with herbs
  • Welsh: fermŵth — wine infused with herbs
  • Yiddish: ווערמוט (vermut) — wine infused with herbs