martini en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɑɹˈtini/ (General-American)
- /mɑːˈtiːni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
See Martini.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.
Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?
My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.
After the meal, they drank martini on the rocks in the lounge.
2007, Margaret S. Ngwa, Divine Love for Cleansing, Patron Publishing House, →ISBN, page 63:Could any tiger Drink martinis, smoke cigars, And last as we do?
c. 1963, W[ystan] H[ugh] Auden, “Symmetries & Asymmetries”, in Edward Mendelson, editor, Collected Poems, New York: Random House, published 1976, →ISBN, page 551:I had the feeling that had he been a smoker he would have lit a cigarette at this moment. I suspected that once he had been a smoker, for he seemed as if he wished someone would offer him one. He drank martini instead.
2006, Joan [Elizabeth] Taylor, Conversations with Mr. Prain, Hoboken, N.J.: Melville House Publishing, →ISBN, page 172:Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.
1961 Jan, Robert Silverberg, Amazing Stories, page 26, column 2:He drank martini, played bridge in the club, and captured treaty-port life wickedly.
1997, Caroline Courtauld, May Holdsworth, The Hong Kong Story, Oxford, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21:
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(countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.
I love the chocolate martinis at Trendy Bar!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martini | alternative | lexicographic | |
| martinis | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| martinus | alternative, humorous, hypercorrect | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blueberrytini · peachtini · mantini · cinnamontini · three-martini lunch · gingertini · lemon martini · pumpkintini · nicotini · dirty martini · bananatini · orangetini · peppertini · Jägertini · dry martini · bacontini · gelatini · tequilatini · watermelontini · mocktini · lemontini · pineappletini · martini effect · saketini · quarantini · rumtini · tomatini · brotini · tequini · seltzertini · plumtini · mapletini · matchatini · flirtini · oniontini · martinied · grapetini · chaitini · melontini · cosmotini · hazeltini · gintini · porn star martini · kiwitini · limetini · crantini · Mai-Tini · lycheetini · blackberrytini · sangriatini · dinnertini · winetini · cucumbertini · martini shot · margatini · peppermintini · grapefruitini · jalapenotini · apple martini · mojitotini · espressotini · vodkatini · berrytini · pomtini · kumquatini · Campartini · beertini · Vegemitini · litchitini · pickletini · lemon drop martini · fruitini · peartini · coffeetini · milktini · mojitini · mangotini · momtini · vesper martini · okratini · pornstar martini · apricotini · appletini · chocotini · cherrytini · passiontini · whiskeytini · porn-star martini · chocolatini
Descendants
Translations (15)
hy մարտինի (cocktail) · pl martini (cocktail) · fr martini (cocktail) · it martini (cocktail) · fi martini (cocktail) · hu martini (cocktail) · nl martini (cocktail) · cmn 馬提尼酒 /马提尼酒 (cocktail) · ja マティーニ (cocktail) · ru марти́ни (cocktail) · de Martini (cocktail) · es martini (cocktail) · mk марти́ни (cocktail) · pt martíni (cocktail) · tr martini (cocktail)