Kvassとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• kvas, quas, quass

語源

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

発音

• IPA^(key): /kvɑːs/
• 韻: -ɑːs

名詞

kvass (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 kvasses)

1. A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.
   • 1966, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Fixer:

     She […] talked constantly, mostly of her childhood, the young ladies’ school she had attended, and the pleasures of Kiev in the summertime.
     “Days are long and hot, but nights are languorous and starlit. People refresh themselves in their flower gardens and some walk in the parks, drink kvass and lemonade, and listen to the symphonies […] ”

Further reading

• kvass on Wikipedia.