brindisi

See also: Brindisi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brindisi.

Noun

brindisi (plural brindisis)

  1. A drinking song in which each person is toasted.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German bring dir's (“I bring (a glass) to you”).[1] Compare French brinde.

Noun

brindisi m (invariable)

  1. toast, salute

References
  1. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “brindisi”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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