Scotch

Etymology
Contraction of.

The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Scots language.
 * 2)  The Scottish dialect of English.
 * 1)  The Scottish dialect of English.


 * 1)  The people of Scotland.
 * The Scotch are a hardy bunch.
 * 1)  The opening.
 * Karpov played the Scotch against Anand.

Usage notes

 * Use of to refer to the people of Scotland is currently deprecated in British English; the preferred terms are  or.
 * See Scottish § Usage notes for more help.

Synonyms

 * Scots,
 * the Scotch Game
 * the Scotch Game

Translations

 * Dutch: Schots-Engels
 * Greek:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: Szkoci
 * Romanian: scoțieni
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: Eskoses

Noun

 * 1)  Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
 * Paul has drunk a lot of Scotch.
 * 1)  Any variety of Scotch.
 * My favorite Scotches are Glenlivet and Laphroaig.
 * 1)  A glass of Scotch.
 * Gimme a Scotch.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 蘇格蘭威士忌
 * Finnish: skottiviski
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: uisce beatha Albanach, fuisce na hAlban
 * Japanese: スコッチウィスキー
 * Korean:
 * Marathi: स्कॉच
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skotsk whisky
 * Nynorsk: skotsk whisky
 * Polish: szkocka
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, шотла́ндский ви́ски, шотла́ндское ви́ски
 * Tagalog: eskoses
 * Yiddish: סקאַטש


 * Armenian: սկոտչ
 * Tagalog: eskoses

Adjective

 * 1)  Of or from Scotland; Scottish.

Usage notes

 * The Scottish dislike the term and consider it offensive. The preferred adjectives are  and.
 * The use of was more widespread formerly, but is now generally limited to a few specific cases:, , , etc.