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, especially French ones. == 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