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  martini

  noun

  a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
• Martini
  Martini

  noun

  Simone 1283–1344, Italian painter.

martini

¹ American  

[mahr-tee-nee] / mɑrˈti ni /

noun

• martinis
  plural

1. a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.

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Martini ² American  

[mahr-tee-nee, mahr-tee-nee] / mɑrˈti ni, mɑrˈti ni /

noun

1. Simone 1283–1344, Italian painter.

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Martini ¹ British  

/ mɑːˈtiːnɪ /

noun

1. an Italian vermouth

2. a cocktail of gin and vermouth

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Martini ² British  

/ marˈtiːni /

noun

1. Simone (siˈmoːne). ?1284–1344, Sienese painter

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• martinis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of martini

First recorded in 1885–90; perhaps alteration of Martinez (an earlier alternate name of the drink, of disputed origin), by back formation (taking it as plural), or by association with the vermouth manufacturer Martini, Sola & Co. (later Martini & Rossi)

Example Sentences

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A trendy cocktail-bar menu might include a pickle martini or margarita.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Sample a twist on dinner and drinks: Would you try a mojito with gazpacho or a martini with pho?

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

There will be bartender entertainment at the martini bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Philippe the Original was in business, but Musso & Frank Grill was three years away from mixing its first martini.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Chandeliers with Pleiades Corp’s signature color, royal purple, illuminating the faces of actors in fancy clothes, holding martini glasses and smiling as they stared out at a fake nebula.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Aurélien Martini of the USM magistrates' union said that citizen vigilantes "risked disrupting genuine police investigations that might already be under way into a suspect".

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Richard Martini served as the film’s primary director, with fellow co-writer Susan Shapiro credited with helming the on-the-ground Cannes material.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

"Our framework is essentially like a control knob," says co author Michael Martini, who worked on the project as an Emory postdoctoral fellow and research scientist in Nemenman's group.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

“Every organization has a different situation,” Martini said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Lane started to say something to that, but the waiter was suddenly there to take away the empty Martini glasses.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

If you had told me five years ago that everyone would be drinking martinis, I would have thought you were crazy.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Nor do they hover around the main action, loosing barbs of criticism or leering suggestively over their martinis or wistfully reminiscing about the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

They say one way to grab someone’s attention is with a startling piece of data, so get this: Four women were having espresso martinis in San Francisco this past fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

When asked if more action films lie ahead - maybe even a stint as the next James Bond - Khan replied: "No. I don't have the accent. And I don't like shaken martinis."

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

They had new cars and were buying their first condos and liked to talk about it all over martinis after work.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama