kirsch

Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”). Doublet of cerise and cherry.

• IPA^(key): /kɪə(ɹ)ʃ/, /kɜː(ɹ)ʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)ʃ, -ɜː(ɹ)ʃ

kirsch (usually uncountable, plural kirsches)

1. (often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.

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Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkirʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkiɾʃ]

kirsch m (invariable)

1. kirsch

• “kirsch”, 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
• “kirsch”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “kirsch” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “kirsch” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).

• IPA^(key): /kiʁʃ/

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kirsch m (plural kirschs)

1. kirsch

• Ortolang definition

• “kirsch”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).

kirsch m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of quirche

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