aperitif
/ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/noun
aperitif is a noun meaning “Alternative form of apéritif” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-P-E-R-I-T-I-F and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aperitif is apéritifs or aperitifs.
What does aperitif mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of apéritif.
noun
- 1
An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aperitif?
- /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
- /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
Aperitif has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-apéritif.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aperitif.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aperitif
- apéritifs plural
- aperitifs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aperitif?
Aperitif appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aperitif in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aperitif come from?
Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).