🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

喉の渇きを潤すもの

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nodo no kawaki o uru-osu mono

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Thirst-quencher/ˈθɜːst ˌkwen.tʃər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"冷たい麦茶は夏の最高の喉の渇きを潤すものです。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A beverage that effectively satisfies thirst.

    "An ice-cold lemonade is the ultimate thirst-quencher on a hot summer afternoon."
  2. 2

    Anything that satisfies a strong desire or craving.

    "For the avid book collector, the new mega-store served as a welcome thirst-quencher."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from 'thirst', deriving from Old Germanic roots related to dryness and desire, and 'quench', from Old English 'cwencan' meaning to extinguish or put out. Emerging in modern English advertising and colloquial speech during the 20th century, it metaphorically likens the satisfying of physiological thirst to extinguishing a fire.

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🇫🇷French → English

désaltérant

Transliteration: de-sal-ta-rant

"Une limonade fraîche est un excellent désaltérant par temps chaud."

🇩🇪German → English

Durstlöscher

Transliteration: Durst-lös-cher

"Ein kühles Bier ist nach der Arbeit ein beliebter Durstlöscher."

🇮🇹Italian → English

dissetante

Transliteration: dis-se-tan-te

"Questa bibita gassata è un ottimo dissetante."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

calmased

Transliteration: bi-be-da re-fres-kan-te

Script: bebida refrescante

"Una buena limonada es la bebida refrescante perfecta para el verano."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

saca-sede

Transliteration: sa-ka se-de

"Um sumo de laranja fresco é um excelente saca-sede."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

प्यास बुझाने वाला

Transliteration: pyaas bujhaane vaala

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"गर्मी के दिनों में नींबू पानी एक बेहतरीन प्यास बुझाने वाला पेय है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

解渴饮料

Transliteration: jiě kě yǐn liào

Script: 中文汉字

"冰镇西瓜汁是夏日里最好的解渴饮料。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

갈증 해소제

Transliteration: galjeung haesoje

Script: 한국어 한글

"시원한 식혜는 전통적인 갈증 해소제입니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

喉の渇きを潤すもの

Transliteration: nodo no kawaki o uru-osu mono

Script: 日本語

"冷たい麦茶は夏の最高の喉の渇きを潤すものです。"

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