Dictionary

apéritif en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
• /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.

Meanings

1. An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
   • A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

digestif

Relateds

aperture · overture

Translations (35)

ru аперити́в (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · sv aperitif (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · be апэрыты́ў (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · hu aperitif (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · de Aperitif (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · be аперыты́ў (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · et aperitiiv (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · tl pamutat-alak (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · fr apéro (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ja 食前酒 (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · sv aptitretare (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ga greadóg (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · pl aperitif (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · pt aperitivo (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · eo aperitivo (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · bg аперити́в (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ja アペリティフ (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ko 아페리티프 (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · io aperitivo (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ca aperitiu (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · sh аперѝтӣв (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · es aperitivo (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ko 반주 (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · sk aperitív (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · el απεριτίφ (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · cs aperitiv (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · mk аперитив (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · fi aperitiivi (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · uk аперити́в (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · ro aperitiv (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · fr apéritif (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · sh aperìtīv (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · it aperitivo (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · tr aperitif (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser) · cmn 開胃酒 /开胃酒 (alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser)