[
UK
/ɐpˌɛɹətˈiːf/
]
[ US /əˌpɛɹəˈtif/ ]
[ US /əˌpɛɹəˈtif/ ]
NOUN
- alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
How To Use aperitif In A Sentence
- We also seem to adore big beasts that could swallow our pets in one gulp, with fleas as an aperitif. Times, Sunday Times
- On May 27, the theme will be Strawberries and will include the chef's Table menu with several aperitifs, fine Bulgarian wines, digestives and coffee.
- The light floral perfume and clean grapey flavour of muscat bonds beautifully with an Argentinean apricot dryness and lots of zing to create a refreshing, almost savoury aperitif that should be drunk as young as possible.
- Last night 's stroll against Moldova was little more than an aperitif before the main course. The Sun
- After returning to Geneva I've been desperately searching for one whenever an aperitif is offered only to get baffled looks. Rinquinquin. Chasing the blues away with a peach aperitif..
- Kenworthy declined the apéritif with a curt gesture of his flat hand. DISPLACED PERSON
- Drink as an aperitif, or with rich, herby fish or white meat dishes. Times, Sunday Times
- This fortified wine infused with botanicals like herbs, bark, or spices first appeared in Italy as an aperitif
- ( 'vay say' is from "doo-ble-vay-say" -- the pronunciation for "W.C." [water-closet]); un apéro (m) is short for "aperitif," or drink. French Word-A-Day:
- It is a very dry wine best drunk as an aperitif, and served slightly chilled.