absinto

Borrowed from English absinthe, French absinthe, German Absinth, Italian assenzio, Polish absynt,^[1] Russian абсе́нт (absént), from Latin absinthium.^[2] Compare Interlingua absinthio. First attested in 1889 in the herb sense; the liquor sense is first seen in a 1909 definition.^[3][4]

• IPA^(key): /abˈsinto/

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• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: ab‧sin‧to

absinto (accusative singular absinton, plural absintoj, accusative plural absintojn)

1. wormwood, absinthe (herb)
2. absinthe (liquor)

   Synonym: absintaĵo

   • 1910 March, “Rakonto”, in R. Larousse, transl., Tutmonda Espero, translation of original in French, page 35:

     Estante decidita, Robillard, kiam li estis surmetinta sian jaketon, tuj iris ĉe la proksiman trinkejon, ho ! nur por trinki lakton… Sed, ho ve ! la mateno ne pasis, vi bone pensas, antaŭ ol li trinku sian duondekduon da absintoj. Tio estis la signalo de l' refalo.

     Having decided, Robillard, when he had put on his jacket, immediately went to the nearby bar, oh! only to drink milk… But alas! as you'd expect, before the morning was through, he had drunk his duodenum full of absinthes. This was the sign of his relapse.

   • 1962, Raymond Schwartz, Kiel akvo de l' rivero‎^[1]:

     Kiam, post kelkaj klarigoj, Pierre pensis, ke li vidas la ĝustan sencon de la vorto, li opiniis, ke jes, kvankam lia patro nur malofte iras en kafejon, sed li scias, ke multaj personoj iras tre regule, aŭ ĉiutage aŭ je certaj datoj, por kart- aŭ domenludi aŭ simple por babili kun la kutimaj gastoj, dum ili gustumas sian absinton aŭ alian aperitivon.

     When, after a few explanations, Pierre thought that he saw the right sense of the word, he gave his opinion that yes, although his father only infrequently went into the café, he still knew that many people went there very regularly, either daily or on certain dates, to play cards or dominoes or simply to chat with the usuals while they tasted their absinthe or other kind of aperitif.

• → Ido: absinto

• absint' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905
• “absinto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “absinto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

• IPA^(key): /abˈsinto/

absinto (plural absinti)

1. absinthe

• absintoliquoro

• absíntio (uncommon)
• absinthio, absintho (obsolete)

Borrowed from French absinthe, from Latin absinthium.^[1]

• Hyphenation: ab‧sin‧to

absinto m (plural absintos)

1. absinthe; wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, a herb of Eurasia and northern Africa)
2. absinthe (liquor made from absinthe flowers and leaves)

• “absinto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “absinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026