VODKA
What does "VODKA" mean?
A clear, strong distilled spirit, traditionally made from grain or potatoes.
Meanings
- A colorless, high-proof spirit distilled from fermented grain or potatoes. She mixed the vodka with tonic and a wedge of lime.
Did you know?
- 'Vodka' literally means 'little water' - it is a diminutive of the Russian 'voda' (water), which shares an ancient Indo-European root with the English word 'water' itself.
Word origin
From Russian 'vodka', a diminutive of 'voda' (water), literally 'little water' - the same Indo-European water root behind English 'water' and Greek 'hydro'.
Remember it
VODKA hides 'VODA', Russian for water - it is, fondly, 'little water'.
A little poem
Clear as melted frost-
they named the fire 'little water'
and drank to the joke.
haiku
Wordplay
- Vodka means 'little water' in Russian, which is exactly the kind of understatement that gets you in trouble.
What it teaches
The gentlest name can hide the strongest thing; do not trust a label that calls fire 'little'.
Quick facts
What does VODKA mean?
A clear, strong distilled spirit, traditionally made from grain or potatoes.
Is VODKA a valid word?
Yes — VODKA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VODKA?
VODKA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VODKA come from?
From Russian 'vodka', a diminutive of 'voda' (water), literally 'little water' - the same Indo-European water root behind English 'water' and Greek 'hydro'.
What can VODKA teach us?
The gentlest name can hide the strongest thing; do not trust a label that calls fire 'little'.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.