ginebra

First attested in 1868; formally the feminine of ginebre, but possibly taken as an adaptation of French genièvre or English geneva (“gin”),^[1] cf. also jenever.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒiˈne.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒiˈne.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈne.bɾa]

ginebra f (plural ginebres)

1. gin
   • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

     Era una beguda forta, com ginebra o whisky, el nom de la qual jo no havia sentit mai.

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• →? Spanish: ginebra

• “ginebra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ginebra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ginebra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French genièvre (“juniper”),^[1] or possibly Catalan ginebra,^[2] itself either from ginebre, or taken from French geneva or English geneva. Doublet of enebro.

• IPA^(key): /xiˈnebɾa/ [xiˈne.β̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: gi‧ne‧bra

ginebra f (plural ginebras)

1. (drinks) gin

   Synonym: gin

• → Cebuano: hinebra
• → Tagalog: hinebra

• “ginebra”, 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