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kvass en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kvɑːs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.
   • She […] talked constantly, mostly of her childhood, the young ladies’ school she had attended, and the pleasures of Kiev in the summertime. “Days are long and hot, but nights are languorous and starlit. People refresh themselves in their flower gardens and some walk in the parks, drink kvass and lemonade, and listen to the symphonies […]” 1966, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Fixer:
   • The station-master coming up asked her whether she was going by train. A boy selling kvas never took his eyes off her. 1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy:

Forms

Translations (47)

hu kvasz (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · nb kvass (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · mhr шопо (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · fr kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · hi क्वास (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · pt kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ru квас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ja クワス (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ro cvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · mk квас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · da kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · sl kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · lv kvass (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · bg квас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · sah кыбаас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · xal хәмр (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · be квас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · hy կվաս (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · eo kvaso (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · fi kvassi (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · sk kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · udm сюкась (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · izh taari (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ka ბურახი (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · mrj шапы (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · sh kvȃs (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ko 크바스 (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · fi taari (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · vi nước cơvat (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · sh ква̑с (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · lv dzersis (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · et kali (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · nn kvass (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · cmn 格瓦斯 (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · mhr пура (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ar كْفَاس (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · mrj квас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · cmn 克瓦斯 (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · he קוואס (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · pl kwas chlebowy (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · de Kwass (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · uk квас (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · sv kvass (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · cs kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · lt gira (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · ar كْفَاس (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage) · es kvas (fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage)