refreshment

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1665; either directly or via refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern rafraîchir), itself from re- "again" + fresche "fresh" (Modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris etc.)

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɹeʃ.mənt/

Noun

refreshment (countable and uncountable, plural refreshments)

The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
A light snack or drink.

Related terms

refresher

Translations

The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour

Dutch: verfrissing (nl), verademing (nl)
Finnish: virkistys (fi), piristys (fi), virkistäminen (fi), piristäminen (fi)
French: rafraîchissement (fr) m

Macedonian: освежување n (osvežúvanje)
Russian: освеже́ние (ru) n (osvežénije)
Spanish: refrescamiento (es) m

A light snack or drink

Dutch: versnapering (nl)
Finnish: virvoke (fi), virvoitusjuoma (fi)
French: rafraîchissement (fr) m
German: Erfrischung (de) f
Kurdish:
Sorani: سارده‌مه‌نی‎ (sardemenî)
Macedonian: освежителен пијалок m (osvežítelen píjalok)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: forfriskning m or f

Nynorsk: forfrisking f
Portuguese: refresco (pt) m
Russian: (snack) заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska), (drink) ^{(please verify)} прохлади́тельный напи́ток m (proxladítelʹnyj napítok)
Spanish: refrigerio m

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Thai: ^{(please verify)} เครื่องดื่ม (th) (krueng-duem)

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