Definition of slivovitz in English:
slivovitz
noun ˈslɪvəvɪtsˈslɪvəˌvɪts
mass nounA type of plum brandy made chiefly in the former Yugoslavia and in Romania.
Example sentencesExamples
- The rest of his day will consist of more counseling, punctuated by glasses of slivovitz to drink and little cakes to eat.
- Here, swallow this for the headache - and have a glass of whisky - or do you prefer vodka or slivovitz?
- Homemade brandy, known as rakija in the former Yugoslavia but exported to the United States as slivovitz (plum brandy) or loza (grape brandy or grapa), is the liquor of choice for men on most occasions.
- She remembers people laughing and drinking slivovitz plum brandy.
- Yugoslavia was also drunk then; on slivovitz and nationalism.
- Making matters worse, our grubby table is littered with empty bottles of a violent homemade slivovitz, or plum brandy, which we should have avoided last night but didn't.
- They also made their own slivovitz - plum brandy.
- And it is hard to imagine big players like the Poles not wanting to showcase Warsaw or Krakow and ply visiting hacks with free slivovitz and customised briefcases.
Origin
Croatian šljivovica, from šljiva 'plum'.
Definition of slivovitz in US English:
slivovitz
nounˈslɪvəˌvɪtsˈslivəˌvits
A type of plum brandy made chiefly in eastern Europe.
Example sentencesExamples
- They also made their own slivovitz - plum brandy.
- Here, swallow this for the headache - and have a glass of whisky - or do you prefer vodka or slivovitz?
- The rest of his day will consist of more counseling, punctuated by glasses of slivovitz to drink and little cakes to eat.
- Yugoslavia was also drunk then; on slivovitz and nationalism.
- Homemade brandy, known as rakija in the former Yugoslavia but exported to the United States as slivovitz (plum brandy) or loza (grape brandy or grapa), is the liquor of choice for men on most occasions.
- Making matters worse, our grubby table is littered with empty bottles of a violent homemade slivovitz, or plum brandy, which we should have avoided last night but didn't.
- She remembers people laughing and drinking slivovitz plum brandy.
- And it is hard to imagine big players like the Poles not wanting to showcase Warsaw or Krakow and ply visiting hacks with free slivovitz and customised briefcases.
Origin
Croatian šljivovica, from šljiva ‘plum’.