fernet

• Fernet

From Italian fernet, of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈnɛt/

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fernet (usually uncountable, plural fernets)

1. A particular type of Italian amaro.
   • 2015 June 30, Jonathan Gilbert, “Argentine City Aims to Stand Out With Rebellious Spirit (and Coke) in a Cup”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But few in Córdoba think fernet and Coke, like the city itself, will lose its edge.

• Fenter

• fernè (uncommon)

Coined by distiller Bernardino Branca in the early 19th century; unknown derivation.

• IPA^(key): /ferˈnɛt/, (uncommon) /ˈfɛr.net/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, (uncommon) -ɛrnet
• Hyphenation: fer‧nèt, (uncommon) fèr‧net

fernet m (invariable)

1. (countable and uncountable) fernet (Italian liqueur)

   Hypernyms: amaro m, liquore m

• IPA^(key): [ˈfernet]

fernet m inan

1. fernet

• “fernet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• ferné (uncommon)

Borrowed from Italian fernet.

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈnet/ [feɾˈnet̪]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: fer‧net

fernet m (plural fernets)

1. fernet

• “fernet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024