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aquavit

French, noun/a.kwa.vit/

aquavit is spelled A-Q-U-A-V-I-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aquavit is a French masculine noun meaning “aquavit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boisson alcoolisée scandinave distillée à partir de pommes de terre ou de céréales, et parfumée avec…”.

What does aquavit mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaquavit

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Boisson alcoolisée scandinave distillée à partir de pommes de terre ou de céréales, et parfumée avec différentes épices.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of aquavit

  • aquavits plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aquavit?

  • /a.kwa.vit/
  • \a.kwa.vit\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is aquavit in French?

aquavit appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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