Scotch

scotch English Etymology From en enm *Scoche (attested in enm Scocheman, whence en Scotchman), a contraction of enm Scottisch (whence en Scottish).adj. and n.3 1 2629697393 The chess opening is supposedly named after a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England. en Scottish Scots schottische. Pronunciation en /skɒt͡ʃ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Scotch.wav Southern England en /skɑt͡ʃ/ GA en ɒtʃ 1 Proper noun en dated The Scots language. en 1932 w:Lewis Grassic Gibbon Sunset Song Polygon 2006 A Scots Quair 156 But Rob was just saying what a shame it was that folk should be shamed nowadays to speak Scotch – or they called it Scots if they did, the split-tongued sourocks! en dated The Scottish dialect of English. the Scotch en dated The people of Scotland. The Scotch are a hardy bunch. en chess informal The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4. Karpov played the Scotch against Anand. Usage notes Use of en Scotch to refer to the people of Scotland is currently deprecated in British English; the preferred terms are en Scottish or en Scots. See Scottish § Usage notes for more help. Synonyms language en Scots, en Scottish people of Scotland en Scots#Adjective Scots, en Scottish chess opening en Scotch Game the Scotch Game not informal Translations Lowland Scots language Arabic: ar إسكتلندية f ʔiskutlandiyya Asturian: ast escocés m Catalan: ca escocès m Cherokee: chr ᏍᎦᏗ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 低地蘇格蘭語 dīdì Sūgélányǔ Czech: cs skotština f Danish: da skotsk Esperanto: eo skota Faroese: fo skotskt n Finnish: fi skotti, fi skotin kieli French: fr écossais m, fr scots m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Skotsk n Galician: gl escocés m German: de Niederschottisch n, de Schottisch n Greek: el σκωτς skots Hawaiian: haw ʻōlelo Kekokia Hindi: hi स्कॉट्स m Irish: ga Albainis f Jamaican Creole: jam Skats Japanese: ja スコットランド語 sukottorandogo Norwegian: Bokmål: nb skotsk m Nynorsk: nn skotsk m Occitan: oc escocés m, oc scòts m Persian: fa اسکاتس eskâts Polish: pl język scots m-in Portuguese: pt ânglico escocês m Romanian: ro scoțiană joasă f Russian: ru шотландский m шотла́ндский (язы́к) Scots: sco Scots Ulster Scots: sco Scotch Scottish Gaelic: gd Albais f, gd Beurla Ghallta m Slovak: sk škótština f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Upper Sorbian: hsb Spanish: es escocés m Swedish: sv lågskotska c, sv skotska Turkish: tr İskoçça Welsh: cy Sgoteg f dialect Asturian: ast escocés Dutch: nl Schots-Engels n Greek: el σκοτσέζικα n-p Polish: pl dialekt szkocki języka angielskiego m-in people of Scotland Asturian: ast escoceses m-p Catalan: ca escocesos m-p Dutch: nl Schotten p French: fr Écossais m m-p Greek: el Σκοτσέζοι m-p Italian: it scozzesi m-p Polish: pl Szkoci vr-p Romanian: ro scoțieni m-p Spanish: es escoceses m-p Tagalog: tl Eskoses chess opening Scotch Game Noun ~ en uncountable Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley. en Paul has drunk a lot of Scotch. en countable Any variety of Scotch. en My favorite Scotches are Glenlivet and Laphroaig. en countable A glass of Scotch. en Gimme a Scotch. Synonyms whisky en malt, en malt whiskey, en malt whisky, en Scotch whisky Derived terms en single malt scotch Translations uncountable: whisky made in Scotland Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蘇格蘭威士忌 Sūgélán wēishìjì Finnish: fi skottiviski French: fr scotch m German: de Scotch m Irish: ga uisce beatha Albanach m, ga fuisce na hAlban m Japanese: ja スコッチウィスキー sukotchiwisukī Korean: ko 스카치 Marathi: mr स्कॉच Norwegian: Bokmål: nb skotsk whisky m Nynorsk: nn skotsk whisky m Polish: pl szkocka f Romanian: ro scotch n Russian: ru скотч m, ru шотла́ндский ви́ски m, ru шотла́ндское ви́ски n Tagalog: tl eskoses Yiddish: yi סקאַטש m any variety of Scotch whisky Armenian: hy սկոտչ Polish: pl szkocka f Tagalog: tl eskoses glass of Scotch whisky Polish: pl szkocka f Adjective - en dated Of or from Scotland; Scottish. en 1801 William Hanna Memoirs of the life and writings of Thomas Chalmers 422 Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart; nor could anything be kindlier than the welcome which, whenever they did come to him, any of his Scotch relatives received. en 1817 w:Walter Scott Rob Roy our landlord informed us, with a sort of apologetic tone, that there was a Scotch gentleman to dine with us. Usage notes The Scottish dislike the term en Scotch and consider it offensive. The preferred adjectives are en Scottish and en Scots. The use of en Scotch was more widespread formerly, but is now generally limited to a few specific cases: en Scotch plaid, en Scotch whisky, en Scotch broth, etc. Synonyms en Scottish en Scots Derived terms en Scotch bonnet pepper Scotch attorney Scotch Baptist Scotch blue Scotch Gaelic Scotch barley Scotch whist Scotch Plains Scotch broom Scotch derrick Scotch broth Scotch sister Scotch acre Scotch Deerhound Scotch laburnum Scotch cap Scotch coffee Scotch crest Scotch Corner Scotch egg Scotch fillet Scotch fir Scotch Game Scotch-Irish Scotch Irish Scotchka Scotch mist Scotch foursome Scotch plaid Scotch tape Scotch terrier Scotch thistle Scotch whisky Scotch collops Scotch dresser Scotch elm Translations Scottish Esperanto: eo skota Polish: pl szkocki References en Chess openings Demonyms Nationalities Scotland