whiskies
- 1Plural of whisky.
Scottish whiskies vary widely in smokiness depending on the region.
The auction featured rare single-malt whiskies aged over forty years.
Note
The regular y-to-ies plural of the spelling used in Scotland, Canada and Australia. Because whisky is both a mass noun and a countable one, the plural can count drinks, as in two whiskies at the bar, or kinds, as in a tasting of single malts. In historical writing a whisky was also a light one-horse gig, so older whiskies may be carriages rather than liquor.
- 2Plural of whiskey.
Scottish distilleries produce some of the world's best-known single malt whiskies.
The tasting included Scotch and Japanese whiskies from small distilleries.
Note
With the e-spelling of England, Ireland and the US, the same -ies plural also appears, so the plural can hide which spelling a writer favors. To keep the distinction visible, write whiskeys, as in Irish whiskeys. The historical one-horse carriage belongs to this spelling too, a meaning shared with the Scottish spelling.
whiskies is a form of whisky
- Forms
- whiskywhiskies plural
- Spelling
- whisky → whiskies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
whiskies is a form of whiskey
whiskey, noun: A distilled liquor produced from grain, such as barley, corn, or rye, that has first been mashed and fermented. Full entry
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