Horilka
//hoˈɹilka// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers. countable, uncountable
"In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner."
Example
More examples"In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner."
Etymology
From Ukrainian горі́лка (horílka, “vodka”). Compare Belarusian гарэ́лка (harélka), South Russian горе́лка (gorélka).
More for "horilka"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.