From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre ("to drink"), variant of boivre ("to drink"), from Latin bibō.

• IPA: /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

beverage

1. (mostly, North America) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
   • 1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC ↗, stanza VII, page 44 ↗:

     He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]

2. (Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.

• drink

• bever

• French: boisson, breuvage
• German: Getränk
• Italian: bevanda
• Portuguese: bebida
• Russian: напи́ток
• Spanish: bebida, trago

1. Surname.