martini
/mɑɹˈtini/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of martini (a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?"
- "My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches."
- "Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour."
- "Could any tiger Drink martinis, smoke cigars, And last as we do?"
- "He drank martini, played bridge in the club, and captured treaty-port life wickedly."
- "I had the feeling that had he been a smoker he would have lit a cigarette at this moment. I suspected that once he had been a smoker, for he seemed as if he wished someone would offer him one. He drank martini instead."
Etymology
See Martini.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑɹˈtini/
- British English: /mɑːˈtiːni/