tonic water en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.
Tonic water's active ingredient is quinine, a chemical compound derived from the bark of the cinchona tree, native to South America. This alkaloid has long been known to relieve the pain and fever of malaria and other tropical diseases, making it a staple "tonic" in warm-weather countries.
2009 Spring, Anthony Dias Blue, “Mixology: Gin & Tonic”, in Drinks, the Magazine of Fine Wine, Spirits, and Living, page 8:
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Relateds
Synonyms
Indian tonic water · quinine water
Translations (29)
ga uisce íocshláinteach (carbonated beverage) · tr tonik (carbonated beverage) · de Tonicwater (carbonated beverage) · pl tonik (carbonated beverage) · ja トニックウォーター (carbonated beverage) · cy dŵr tonig (carbonated beverage) · pt água tônica (carbonated beverage) · cmn 奎寧水 /奎宁水 (carbonated beverage) · es tónica (carbonated beverage) · pt água tónica (carbonated beverage) · sv soda (carbonated beverage) · fi tonic-vesi (carbonated beverage) · ca tònica (carbonated beverage) · sv tonic (carbonated beverage) · ko 토닉 워터 (carbonated beverage) · it acqua tonica (carbonated beverage) · sv sodavatten (carbonated beverage) · es agua tónica (carbonated beverage) · ru то́ник (carbonated beverage) · hu tonik (carbonated beverage) · cs tonik (carbonated beverage) · nl tonic (carbonated beverage) · de Tonicwasser (carbonated beverage) · de Tonic (carbonated beverage) · ca aigua tònica (carbonated beverage) · fr eau tonique (carbonated beverage) · ar مَاء التُونِك (carbonated beverage) · es aguaquina (carbonated beverage) · fr soda tonique (carbonated beverage)