# whisky
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪski
* Hyphenation: whis‧ky

### Etymology 1

Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.

#### Noun

whisky (countable and uncountable, plural whiskies)
* (Scotland, Canada, Australia) Alternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, (particularly) Scotch; a drink of this liquor. [early 18th century]
    Synonym: (chiefly Ireland, Scotland, dated or archaic) usquebaugh
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.

##### Usage notes

* The regional spellings whisky and whiskey (from the Irish form of the same Gaelic word) are used worldwide to distinguish regional drinks, for example Scotch whisky, but Irish whiskey and bourbon whiskey.

##### Derived terms

* English whisky
* grain whisky
* hot whisky
* malt whisky
* single malt whisky
* sorghum whisky
* tim-whisky
* whisky butter
* whisky-jack, whisky jack
* whisky seat
* whisky tango foxtrot

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From whisk +‎ -y.

#### Noun

whisky (plural whiskies)
* (historical) Alternative form of whiskey (“a light gig or carriage”).
** 1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 7-8,
    Look into old age, you will see avarice joined to poverty—letchery, gout, impotency, like three monkeys, or London bucks, in a one-horse whisky, driving to the Devil.
** 1797, Charlotte Lennox, chapter 4, in The History of Sir George Warrington‎, volume 1, London: J. Bell, page 46:At the appointed time Mr. Kettering’s one-horse chaise, or rather whisky, drove up to the door; for, as it was principally intended for him to visit his patients, when disinclined to mount his horse, it was built in the lightest manner, and without a head, that it might move with the greater expedition.

##### Derived terms

* tim-whisky

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈwis.ki]

### Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys or whiskies)
* whisky, whiskey

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* viska (colloquial)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɪskɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɪskɪ
* Hyphenation: whi‧s‧ky

### Noun

whisky f (indeclinable)
* whisky, whiskey

### Further reading

* “whisky”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “whisky”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “whisky”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Noun

whisky c (singular definite whiskyen, plural indefinite whiskyer)
* whiskey

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɪski/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: whis‧ky

### Noun

whisky m (plural whisky's, diminutive whisky'tje n)
* (a glass of) whisky, whiskey

## Finnish
### Etymology

< English whiskey

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋiski/, [ˈʋis̠k̟i]
* IPA: /ˈwiski/, [ˈwis̠k̟i]
* Rhymes: -iski

### Noun

whisky
* Alternative form of viski (“whiskey”).
* Alternative form of wiski (“Finnish spelling alphabet for "W"”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of whisky (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
whiskyni
whiskyni
accusative
nom.
whiskyni
whiskyni
gen.
whiskyni
genitive
whiskyni
whiskyjeni
partitive
whiskyäni
whiskyjäni
inessive
whiskyssäni
whiskyissäni
elative
whiskystäni
whiskyistäni
illative
whiskyyni
whiskyihini
adessive
whiskylläni
whiskyilläni
ablative
whiskyltäni
whiskyiltäni
allative
whiskylleni
whiskyilleni
essive
whiskynäni
whiskyinäni
translative
whiskykseni
whiskyikseni
abessive
whiskyttäni
whiskyittäni
instructive
comitative
—whiskyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
whiskysi
whiskysi
accusative
nom.
whiskysi
whiskysi
gen.
whiskysi
genitive
whiskysi
whiskyjesi
partitive
whiskyäsi
whiskyjäsi
inessive
whiskyssäsi
whiskyissäsi
elative
whiskystäsi
whiskyistäsi
illative
whiskyysi
whiskyihisi
adessive
whiskylläsi
whiskyilläsi
ablative
whiskyltäsi
whiskyiltäsi
allative
whiskyllesi
whiskyillesi
essive
whiskynäsi
whiskyinäsi
translative
whiskyksesi
whiskyiksesi
abessive
whiskyttäsi
whiskyittäsi
instructive
comitative
—whiskyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
whiskymme
whiskymme
accusative
nom.
whiskymme
whiskymme
gen.
whiskymme
genitive
whiskymme
whiskyjemme
partitive
whiskyämme
whiskyjämme
inessive
whiskyssämme
whiskyissämme
elative
whiskystämme
whiskyistämme
illative
whiskyymme
whiskyihimme
adessive
whiskyllämme
whiskyillämme
ablative
whiskyltämme
whiskyiltämme
allative
whiskyllemme
whiskyillemme
essive
whiskynämme
whiskyinämme
translative
whiskyksemme
whiskyiksemme
abessive
whiskyttämme
whiskyittämme
instructive
comitative
—whiskyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
whiskynne
whiskynne
accusative
nom.
whiskynne
whiskynne
gen.
whiskynne
genitive
whiskynne
whiskyjenne
partitive
whiskyänne
whiskyjänne
inessive
whiskyssänne
whiskyissänne
elative
whiskystänne
whiskyistänne
illative
whiskyynne
whiskyihinne
adessive
whiskyllänne
whiskyillänne
ablative
whiskyltänne
whiskyiltänne
allative
whiskyllenne
whiskyillenne
essive
whiskynänne
whiskyinänne
translative
whiskyksenne
whiskyiksenne
abessive
whiskyttänne
whiskyittänne
instructive
comitative
—whiskyinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
whiskynsä
whiskynsä
accusative
nom.
whiskynsä
whiskynsä
gen.
whiskynsä
genitive
whiskynsä
whiskyjensä
partitive
whiskyään whiskyänsä
whiskyjään whiskyjänsä
inessive
whiskyssään whiskyssänsä
whiskyissään whiskyissänsä
elative
whiskystään whiskystänsä
whiskyistään whiskyistänsä
illative
whiskyynsä
whiskyihinsä
adessive
whiskyllään whiskyllänsä
whiskyillään whiskyillänsä
ablative
whiskyltään whiskyltänsä
whiskyiltään whiskyiltänsä
allative
whiskylleen whiskyllensä
whiskyilleen whiskyillensä
essive
whiskynään whiskynänsä
whiskyinään whiskyinänsä
translative
whiskykseen whiskyksensä
whiskyikseen whiskyiksensä
abessive
whiskyttään whiskyttänsä
whiskyittään whiskyittänsä
instructive
comitative
—whiskyineen whiskyinensä :

## French
### Alternative forms

* ouisqui, ouisquie, ouiski (all rare)
* whiskey

### Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wis.ki/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

whisky m (plural whiskies or whiskys)
* whisky, whiskey
    Synonym: (rare) visqui

### Further reading

* “whisky”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky.

### Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys)
* whisky, whiskey

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

From English whisky (probably via Danish whisky).

### Noun

whisky (plural whiskyt)
* whisky

### Further reading

* whisky in Katersat

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈviski] (phonetic respelling: viszki)
* Hyphenation: whis‧ky
* Rhymes: -ki

### Noun

whisky (plural whiskyk)
* whisky (USA, Ireland: whiskey)

#### Declension
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwi.ski/, /uˈi.ski/
* Rhymes: -iski
* Hyphenation: whì‧sky

### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, alternative form of usque, shortening of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha (literally “water of life”) and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (literally “water of life”).

#### Noun

whisky m (invariable)
* (countable and uncountable) whisky, whiskey

#### Further reading

* whisky$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, derived from whisk.

#### Noun

whisky m (invariable)
* whisky (a kind of light carriage)

#### Further reading

* whisky$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### References

* ↑ whisky in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norman
### Etymology

From English whisky, ultimately from Old Irish uisce.

### Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys)
* (Jersey) whisky, whiskey

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.

### Noun

whisky m (definite singular whiskyen, indefinite plural whiskyer, definite plural whiskyene)
* whisky

### References

* “whisky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.

### Noun

whisky m (definite singular whiskyen, indefinite plural whiskyar, definite plural whiskyane)
* whisky

### References

* “whisky” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɘs.ki/, /ˈwis.ki/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘski, -iski
* Syllabification: whis‧ky

### Noun

whisky f (indeclinable)
* whisky, whiskey

### Further reading

* whisky in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* whisky in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈis.ki/ [ʊˈis.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwis.ki/
* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈis.ki/ [ʊˈis.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwis.ki/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /uˈiʃ.ki/ [ʊˈiʃ.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwiʃ.ki/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /uˈis.ke/ [ʊˈis.ke], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwis.ke/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈwis.ki/
* Homophone: uísque (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: whis‧ky

### Noun

whisky m (plural whiskies)
* Alternative form of uísque

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* uischi

### Etymology

Borrowed from French whisky, from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwi.ski/, /ˈuj.ski/

### Noun

whisky n (plural whisky-uri)
* whisky, whiskey

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky, from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈviski]

### Noun

whisky f nondeclinable
* whisky, whiskey

#### Derived terms

* whiskový

### Further reading

* “whisky”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* güisqui, wiski
* juisque (New Mexico)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwiski/ [ˈwis.ki]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iski
* Syllabification: whis‧ky

### Noun

whisky m (plural whiskys)
* whisky (alcoholic liquor)

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “whisky”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* whisky on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English whisky.

### Noun

whisky c
* whisky, whiskey (alcoholic drink)