beverage
bev·er·age/ˈbɛvəɹɪd͡ʒ/noun
beverage is spelled B-E-V-E-R-A-G-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (bev·er·age). It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beverage means “A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beverage is beverages.
How many letters and syllables are in beverage?
| Letters | 8: B-E-V-E-R-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: bev·er·age |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is beverage?
Beverage appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd 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).
How do you pronounce beverage?
- UK /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
- US /ˈbɛvəɹɪd͡ʒ/
- US /ˈbɛvɹɪd͡ʒ/
Beverage has 3 syllables, split bev·er·age in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-beverage.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with beverage
Also written: bev.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of beverage
- beverages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beverage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
carbonated beverage
- 2
UKarchaicslang(A gift of) drink money.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate beverage?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of beverage: bev, bevvy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beverage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense drink:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boisson, breuvage |
| German | Getränk |
| Portuguese | bebida |
| Spanish | bebida, bebienda, bebercio, brebaje, brebajo |
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 beverage come from?
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).