refreshment

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1665; either directly or via Middle English refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern French 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/
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Noun

refreshment (countable and uncountable, plural refreshments)

The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
A light snack or drink.
All refreshments will be provided by the hosts.

Derived terms

Related terms

refresher

Translations

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

Bulgarian: освежаване (bg) n (osvežavane), ободряване (bg) (obodrjavane)
Dutch: verfrissing (nl), verademing (nl)
Finnish: virkistys (fi), piristys (fi), virkistäminen (fi), piristäminen (fi)
French: rafraîchissement (fr) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἀναψυχή f (anapsukhḗ)
Hungarian: felfrissülés, felüdülés
Macedonian: освежување n (osvežuvanje)
Russian: освеже́ние (ru) n (osvežénije)
Spanish: refrescamiento (es) m

light snack or drink

Bulgarian: лека закуска f (leka zakuska), освежителна напитка f (osvežitelna napitka)
Dutch: versnapering (nl)
Finnish: virvoke (fi), virvoitusjuoma (fi)
French: rafraîchissement (fr) m
German: Erfrischung (de) f
Greek: αναψυκτικό (el) n (anapsyktikó)
Hungarian: frissítő hideg étel-ital, büféáru, rágcsálnivaló (hu), üdítő (hu), üdítőital (hu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ساردەمەنی‎ (sardemenî)
Macedonian: освежителен пијалок m (osvežitelen pijalok)
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 (es) m
Swedish: förfriskning c

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

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