lemonade

lemonade

English

Lemonade

Etymology

From French limonade, equivalent to lemon +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

lemonade (countable and uncountable, plural lemonades)

1. (US, Canada) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.
2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.
3. (slang, derogatory) Recreational drugs of poor or weak quality, especially heroin.
   • 1965, United States Congress, Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee of Appropriations (page 128)

     In fact, a recent report from Denver shows it [street heroin] was about 1 to 2 percent and the addicts that are receiving this in many cases refer to it as lemonade, because it is so weak.

   • 1996, Karen Bellenir, Substance Abuse Sourcebook:

     Lemonade — heroin; poor quality drugs

Usage notes

In locations where the meaning as a carbonated beverage is common, the still beverage is often called "homemade lemonade" or "old-fashioned lemonade". The terms "lemon(-flavored) drink" and "lemon(-flavored) beverage" generally denote any lemon-flavored drink.

Synonyms

• citronade (dated)
• (carbonated drink): carbonated lemonade, sparkling lemonade, fizzy lemonade, lemon soda, lemonade soda

Translations

still beverage

Arabic: عَصِير اللَّيْمُون‎ (ʿaṣīr al-laymūn), شَرَاب اللَّيْمُون‎ (šarāb al-laymūn), لِيمُونَادَا‎ (līmūnādā), لِيمُونَاضَة‎ (līmūnāḍa) Armenian: լիմոնադ (hy) (limonad) Azerbaijani: limonad Bulgarian: лимонада f (limonada) Catalan: llimonada (ca) f Cherokee: ᎴᎹᏁᏗ (lemanedi) Chinese: Cantonese: 檸檬汁 (ning4 mung4-1 zap1) Mandarin: 檸檬水／柠檬水 (zh) (níngméngshuǐ) Czech: limonáda (cs) f Dutch: kwast (nl) m Esperanto: limonado (eo) Estonian: morss Finnish: sitruunamehu (fi) French: citronnade (fr) f German: Limonade (de) f, Zitrone (de) f Greek: λεμονάδα (el) f (lemonáda), λεμονίτα (el) f (lemoníta) Hawaiian: wai lemi Hebrew: לימונדה‎ Hungarian: limonádé (hu) Icelandic: límonaði n, sítrónudrykkur m Ido: limonado (io) Indonesian: limun (id), sari limau, sitrun (id),, kuas (id) Irish: líomanáid f Italian: limonata (it) f Japanese: レモネード (remonēdo), はちみつレモン (hachimitsu remon) (honey and lemon) Korean: 레모네이드 (ko) (remoneideu), 레몬에이드 (remoneideu) Latin: limonāta f Macedonian: лимона́да f (limonáda) Malayalam: നാരങ്ങാവെള്ളം (nāraṅṅāveḷḷaṃ) Maltese: luminata f Maori: wai rēmana Marathi: लिंबू सरबत (limbū sarbat) Norwegian: Bokmål: limonade m Nynorsk: limonade m Ottawa: bookdehminaaboo Persian: لیموناد‎ (fa) (limunâd) Piedmontese: limonà f, limonada f Polish: lemoniada (pl) f Portuguese: limonada (pt) f Russian: лимона́д (ru) m (limonád) Scots: skoosh Scottish Gaelic: deoch-liomaid f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: лимуна́да f Roman: limunáda (sh) f Slovene: limonada (sl) f Spanish: limonada (es) f Swahili: maji ya limau Swedish: lemonad (sv) Tagalog: limonada Tamil: எலுமிச்சைச்சாறு (elumiccaiccāṟu) Thai: น้ำมะนาว (naammanaao) Tok Pisin: moliwara, muliwara, loliwara Turkish: limonata (tr) Ukrainian: лимона́д (uk) m (lymonád) Vietnamese: nước chanh (vi), đá chanh Welsh: lemonêd (cy), diod lemon West Frisian: limonade Yiddish: לימאָנאַד‎ m (limonad)

carbonated beverage

Bulgarian: лимонада f (limonada) Catalan: gasosa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 檸檬水／柠檬水 (zh) (níngméngshuǐ) Dutch: limonade (nl) m Esperanto: limonado (eo) Estonian: limonaad (et), limps (slang) Finnish: sitruunasooda (fi), limonadi (fi) French: limonade (fr) f German: Brause (de) f, Limonade (de) f, Limo (de) f Greek: λεμονάδα (el) f (lemonáda), γκαζόζα (el) f (gkazóza) Japanese: サイダー (ja) (Saidā) Korean: 사이다 (ko) (saida) Macedonian: газо́за f (gazóza) Norwegian: Bokmål: sitronbrus m Nynorsk: sitronbrus m Polish: lemoniada (pl) f Portuguese: soda limonada f Russian: лимона́д (ru) m (limonád), газиро́вка (ru) f (gaziróvka) Scottish Gaelic: deoch-liomaid f Spanish: gaseosa de limón f, limonada (es) f, soda limonada f Swedish: citronläsk c, citronsoda c Tok Pisin: moliwara, muliwara, loliwara Turkish: gazoz (tr), limonlu gazoz Vietnamese: nước chanh (vi)

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