vodka

• vodki, vodky

From Russian во́дка (vódka), from вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -ка (-ka, “-let: forming diminutives”). The archaic Russian name for vodka was хле́бное вино́ (xlébnoje vinó, “grain wine”); V. Pokhlyobkin's research suggests the present name derived from expressions concerning the dilution of the initial pure distilled spirit such as "vodka of grain wine".

Cognates include Sanskrit उदक (udaka), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) → English hydro-, English whisky and English water.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɒdkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑdkə/

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vodka (countable and uncountable, plural vodkas)

1. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business‎:

     Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.

2. A serving of the above beverage.
   • 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:

     You should mutter sullenly into your glass, cursing the serving woman (Witch! Hag! Poison!) or the vodka (Poison! Bitch!), as the one pours you another glass of the other.

3. (US standards of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.
4. (countable, military slang, ethnic slur) A Russian.[1]
5. (uncountable, military slang) Russian language.[1]

• → Cebuano: bodka
• → Welsh: fodca

• vodka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔdka]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔdkɐ]

vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 190
• vodka in the Alternative Cornish Dictionary

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka). By surface analysis, voda +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvotka]
• Rhymes: -otka
• Hyphenation: vod‧ka

vodka f (related adjective vodkový)

1. vodka

• vodka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• vodka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• vodka in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

vodka

1. vodka

• votka

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋodkɑ/, [ˈʋo̞dkɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -odkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vod‧ka

vodka

1. vodka

• paloviina
• viina

• “vodka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): /vɔd.ka/

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vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

• “vodka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvotkɒ]
• Hyphenation: vod‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

vodka (plural vodkák)

1. vodka

• vodka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔt.kʰa/

vodka n (genitive singular vodka, no plural)

1. vodka

vodka (first-person possessive vodkaku, second-person possessive vodkamu, third-person possessive vodkanya)

1. vodka

• wodka

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔd.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔdka
• Hyphenation: vòd‧ka

vodka f (invariable)

1. vodka

From English vodka, from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

vodka m (plural vodkas)

1. (Jersey) vodka

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔdkɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

1. vodka

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

vodka m (definite singular vodkaen)

1. vodka

• vodca

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

vodka f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vodъka, equivalent to voda (“water”) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔtka]

vodka f (genitive singular vodky, nominative plural vodky, genitive plural vodiek, declension pattern of žena)

1. vodka

• vodkový

• “vodka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

• vodca (rare)

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka, literally “little water”), a diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbodka/ [ˈboð̞.ka]
• Rhymes: -odka
• Syllabification: vod‧ka

vodka m or f (plural vodkas)

1. vodka

Vodka is usually treated as a masculine noun, but feminine noun usage is permitted per its etymology.

• “vodka”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “vodka” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /vɔdka/

vodka c

1. vodka

• vodka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vodka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vodka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)