Kir
noun
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne Kir Royale flavored with cassis.
Kir
American
[keer]
/ kɪər /
noun
kir
British
/ kir, kɜː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Kir
< French, after Canon Félix Kir (1876–1968), mayor of Dijon, who allegedly created the recipe
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Soon after, we discover Z speaks Latin and French with ease and that his ideal first date involves transporting his soft target to Paris to sip Kir Royales by the Seine.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
But Mr Kir later confirmed the conference would go ahead - although he said he would remain "vigilant".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
Emir Kir, mayor of the Saint-Joss neighborhood where it was held, had ordered police to prevent people from entering.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Horning suggests substituting raspberry flavors like Chambord for a twist on a French Martini or a Kir Royale.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
They had originally come from Kir, Amos ix.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
Jean-Michel Gérard, 66, one of the kir drinkers, worked in the meat business from age 15, as a butcher, in slaughterhouses, or as a trucker hauling beef carcasses.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
Aligoté is traditionally the wine blended with creme de cassis liqueur to make a kir cocktail.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020
There is a kir and a sbagliato, which is nothing more than Campari and red vermouth on the rocks topped up with prosecco.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
I booked it and I wasn't feeling very well," she explains, "and I ordered a kir royal and then said 'I don't think I'm going to make it.'
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2012
The root of all these, as well as of or in senator, victor, etc., is the Sanscrit ker or kir, which means lord, master, maker, doer, possessor of something or connected with something.
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
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