eau de vie

== English == === Alternative forms === eau-de-vie === Etymology === From French eau-de-vie (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, whisky, whiskey, and water of life from the same source. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊ.dəˈviː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.dəˈviː/ === Noun === eau de vie (countable and uncountable, plural eau de vies or eaus de vie or eaux de vie) Synonym of brandy. Synonym of aqua vitae, similar distilled spirits. == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French eau-de-vie (“water of life”), from Medieval Latin aqua vītae. === Noun === eau de vie brandy aqua vitae === Further reading === “eau de vie”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016