Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pilsner

/ˈpɪlznə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: pil-sner
IPA: /ˈpɪlznə/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pale, light lager beer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of pilsner.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I am an optimist at bottom, with a superficial coating of pessimism, which thaws near a piano, a pretty girl, or a glass of Pilsner."
"We drink Pilsners as we walk, and Denton doesn’t try to hide his when Chicken George drives by."
"She would have liked to eat Mary’s Friday meatballs and maybe even drink a Pilsner or three with Silje."

Etymology

From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Pilsner

Usage

Inflected Forms

pilsners (plural) Pilsener (alternative)

Synonyms

pils pilsener

Questions

How do you pronounce pilsner?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪlznə/.
What does pilsner mean?: A pale, light lager beer.
Where does pilsner come from?: It is traced to German.

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