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Pilsener
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pilsener
English
Etymology
From en de Pilsener.
Noun
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en pilsner.
en 1939 w:Paul Gallico Illusion in Prague: How Hiram Holliday Sought a Princess and Found a Man with a False Beard The Adventures of Hiram Holliday Harmondsworth, Hillingdon; Ringwood, Vic. w:Penguin Books 1967 74 https://archive.org/details/adventuresofhira0000paul/page/74/mode/1up 13520869 He went to a vacant table in the lobby lounge and ordered a tall glass of Pilsener, and sat sipping it, a quiet, inconspicuous figure in a raincoat and a crushed felt hat.
en 1995 w:Gustav Meyrink Mike Mitchell May The Golem Sawtry, Cambridgeshire Dedalus Ltd; Riverside, Calif.: Ariadne Press 217 https://archive.org/details/golem0000meyr/page/217/mode/1up 978-1-5724101-4-5 We wouldn’t say no to a couple of glasses of Pilsener, but that’s all.
en 2013 w:Jane Thynne 16 Black Roses London w:Simon & Schuster 130 https://archive.org/details/blackroses0000thyn/page/130/mode/1up 978-1-84983-984-6 We’re all drinking Pilseners. Rupert told me the froth is supposed to be so firm you can lay a coin on it and thanks to him I’ve lost three pfennigs already.
German
Alternative forms
de Pilsner
Etymology
de :af Pilsen -er
From de Pilsen -er.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpɪlzənɐ/
de De-Pilsener.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m:n
A particular style of lager beer, originally from the city of Pilsen.
Declension
m:n
Derived terms
de Pils
Descendants
en pilsner pilsener 1
nb pilsener 1
de Beer
de terms derived from toponyms