liqueur

li·queur  (l-kûr, -kyr)

n.

Any of various strongly flavored alcoholic beverages typically served in small quantities after dinner.

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[French, from Old French licour, a liquid; see liquor.]

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liqueur [lik-cure]

Noun

a highly flavoured sweetened alcoholic spirit, intended to be drunk after a meal [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal cordial alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" absinth, absinthe - strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise amaretto - an Italian almond liqueur anisette, anisette de Bordeaux - liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed benedictine - a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks Chartreuse - aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France coffee liqueur - coffee-flavored liqueur creme de cacao - sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans creme de menthe - sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur creme de fraise - strawberry-flavored liqueur Drambuie - a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur Galliano - golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs orange liqueur - liqueur flavored with orange kummel - liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin maraschino, maraschino liqueur - distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries pastis - similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood Pernod - (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise pousse-cafe - small drink served after dinner (especially several liqueurs poured carefully so as to remain in separate layers) ratafee, ratafia - sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds sambuca - an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice

Translations

liqueur [lɪˈkjuəʳ] n → licor m

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liqueur [lɪˈkjuəʳ] n → liqueur f

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liqueur [lɪˈkjuəʳ] n → Likör m

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liqueur [lɪˈkjuəʳ] n → liquore m