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apple liqueur

apple liqueur

6.2
A sweet alcoholic drink with apple taste often served after a meal or in cocktails
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəl lɪˈkjʊr/
translation icon : licor de manzana
  • The bartender used apple liqueur to add a fruity note to the cocktail.

Examples

  • Some homemade desserts are enhanced by a splash of apple liqueur.

  • I enjoy a glass of apple liqueur after dinner.

  • He ordered an apple liqueur to finish his meal.

  • Have you tried apple liqueur in cocktails?

  • He ordered an apple liqueur to finish his meal.

  • Some homemade desserts are enhanced by a splash of apple liqueur.

  • The bartender used apple liqueur to add a fruity note to the cocktail.

Synonyms

liqueur
vsapple liqueur
14 5.6

A strong sweet alcoholic drink often served after a meal

is the same drink but with a distinct fruit flavor and used in cocktails

How Alcoholic

brandy
106 2.7
apple liqueur
6.2
cider
76 1.5
apple juice
31 1.0

Surface Forms

apple liqueur singular
apple liqueurs plural

Morphology

apple + liqueur

The meaning 'a sweet alcoholic beverage flavored with apple' is directly and compositionally derived from 'apple' (fruit) + 'liqueur' (sweet alcoholic alcoholic beverage). This modifier+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., licor de manzana, liqueur de pomme), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Apple liqueur comes from the simple idea of soaking apple pieces or juice in strong alcohol with sugar so the drink takes on the apple taste. So the parts apple and liqueur tell the story: it is 'a sweet, apple-flavoured alcoholic drink often served after a meal or used in cocktails'.