Dictionary

schnapps en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʃnɑps/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃnæps/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
   • apple schnapps; peach schnapps
2. (countable, usually) A serving of this beverage.
   • “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.” 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:

Forms

Relateds

spirits · whiskey · eau de vie · water of life · spirit · eau-de-vie · brandy · whisky · vodka · hard liquor · firewater · CHNOPS · cognac

Translations (37)

ka შნაპსი (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · mi napi (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · it acquavite (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · sh шнапс (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fo snapsur (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · yo sìnáàbù (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · ko 슈납스 (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · uk шнапс (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · it schnapps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fi viina (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · da snaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · nn snaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · sh šnaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · hy շնապս (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · nb snaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · pl sznaps (serving of this beverage) · be шнапс (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · ru шнапс (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · ja シュナップス (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fr schnaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fi ruokaryyppy (serving of this beverage) · vi rượu sơnap (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · ar شَنَبْص (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fr eau-de-vie (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · pl sznaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · yi שנאַפּס (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · lv šņabis (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fi snapsi (serving of this beverage) · bg шнапс (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · tr şnaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · de Schnaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · pt schnaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · sv snaps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · fi snapsi (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · it grappa (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · pt schnapps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)) · es schnapps (type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor))