liqueur
pronunciation
How to pronounce liqueur in British English:
UK [lɪˈkjʊə(r)]
How to pronounce liqueur in American English:
US [lɪˈkɜr]
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- Noun:
- strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
Word Origin
- liqueur (n.)
- "sweetened, flavored alcoholic liquor," 1729, from French liqueur "liquor, liquid," from Old French licor "liquid." See liquor, which is the same word but borrowed earlier.
Example
- 1. The fruit is sweet and can be eaten as is or made into a wine or liqueur .
- 2. Preparation : stir the cocoa with the mint liqueur and the whiskey .
- 3. Now that the fda is cracking down on alcoholic energy drinks , some wonder if they will only be replaced by cocktails of red bull and vodka or jagerbombs , a shot of jagermeister liqueur dropped into a glass of red bull .
- 4. It 's homemade liqueur . You 're too kind !
- 5. It is also flavoring liqueur .