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pisco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
pis-co
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A kind of brandy produced in Peru and Chile.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Quechua pisquder. Spanish Pisco Spanish piscobor. English pisco Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

piscos (plural)

Phrases

pisco sour

Questions

What does pisco mean?
A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
Where does pisco come from?
Etymology tree Quechua pisquder. Spanish Pisco Spanish piscobor. English pisco Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

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