Slotted spoons have a particular role in the traditional absinthe ritual. They are used to hold a sugar cube over a glass as one dissolves it into her drink with cold water.
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Absinthe
//ˈæb.sɪnθ//
Synonyms for "absinthe" (20 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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9 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 51 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- աբսենտ noun (liquor)
Asturian
1 entries- axenxu noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Bashkir
1 entries- әрем noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Belarusian
1 entries- абсэ́нт noun (liquor)
Bulgarian
2 entries- абсе́нт noun (liquor)
- пели́н noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Catalan
2 entries- absenta noun (liquor)
- donzell noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 苦艾 noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- 苦艾酒 noun (liquor)
Czech
3 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- absinth noun (liquor)
- pelyněk noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Danish
1 entries- absint noun (liquor)
Dutch
3 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- absintalsem noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- alsem noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Erzya
1 entries- шурьмаведь noun (liquor)
Esperanto
2 entries- absintaĵo noun (liquor)
- absinto noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Estonian
2 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- koirohi noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Finnish
3 entries- absintti noun (liquor)
- koiruoho noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- mali noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
French
3 entries- absinthe noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- absinthe noun (liquor)
- armoise noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Galician
4 entries- absintio noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- asente noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- asente noun (liquor)
- asento noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Georgian
1 entries- აბსენთი noun (liquor)
German
3 entries- Absinth noun (liquor)
- Wermut noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- Wermutbranntwein noun (liquor)
Greek
2 entries- αψέντι noun (liquor)
- αψιθιά noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָבְּסִינְתְ noun (liquor)
Hungarian
2 entries- abszint noun (liquor)
- fehér üröm noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Icelandic
1 entries- malurtarbrennivín noun (liquor)
Ido
2 entries- absinto noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- absintoliquoro noun (liquor)
Interlingua
2 entries- absinthe noun (liquor)
- absinthio noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Irish
2 entries- apsaint noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- apsaint noun (liquor)
Italian
2 entries- assenzio noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- assenzio noun (liquor)
Japanese
2 entries- アブサン noun (liquor)
- 苦蓬 noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Korean
2 entries- 압생트 noun (liquor)
- 향쑥 noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Latvian
1 entries- absints noun (liquor)
Lithuanian
1 entries- absentas noun (liquor)
Macedonian
1 entries- апсинт noun (liquor)
Maltese
1 entries- assenzju noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Norman
1 entries- absînthe noun (liquor)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- malurt noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- malurt noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Occitan
3 entries- absinti noun (liquor)
- aissent noun (liquor)
- aussent noun (liquor)
Persian
1 entries- افسنتین noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Polish
4 entries- absynt noun (liquor)
- piołun noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- piołunówka noun (liquor)
- zielona wróżka noun (liquor)
Portuguese
2 entries- absinto noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- absinto noun (liquor)
Romanian
2 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- pelin noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Russian
2 entries- абсе́нт noun (liquor)
- полы́нь noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- pelin noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- àpsint noun (liquor)
- а̀псинт noun (liquor)
Slovak
1 entries- palina pravá noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Spanish
3 entries- absintio noun (liquor)
- ajenjo noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
- ajenjo noun (liquor)
Swedish
2 entries- absint noun (liquor)
- malört noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Tamil
1 entries- மருக்கொழுந்து noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Turkish
1 entries- absint noun (liquor)
Ukrainian
2 entries- абсе́нт noun (liquor)
- полин гіркий noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- połon noun (herb Artemisia absinthium)
Welsh
1 entries- absinth noun (liquor)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַבסינט noun (liquor)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom sat alone at the table, drinking absinthe.
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Absinthe is the beverage of gods.
Source: tatoeba (3515221)
Tom drank absinthe, and Mary drank red wine.
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