noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/vəˈmuːθ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɜːməθ/
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General-American:/vɚˈmuθ/
rhymes with -uːθ
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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