vermute

German

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Verb

vermute

inflection of vermuten:
1. first-person singular present
2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3. singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French vermouth, from German Wermut.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈmu.t͡ʃi/ [veɦˈmu.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈmu.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈmu.t͡ʃi/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /veɻˈmu.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈmu.te/ [veɦˈmu.te]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛɾˈmu.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛɾˈmu.tɨ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ut͡ʃi, (Portugal) -utɨ
Hyphenation: ver‧mu‧te

Noun

vermute m (plural vermutes)

vermouth (apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs)
- 1936, Heitor dos Prazeres, Noel Rosa, “Pierrot Apaixonado [Pierrot in Love]”, in Heitor dos Prazeres e Sua Gente, performed by Heitor dos Prazeres, Todamérica, published 1957:
  Levando este grande chute / Foi tomar vermute com amendoim
  Suffering this great rejection / He went to drink vermouth with peanuts

Further reading

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