Translation drink in the English-French Collins dictionary

drink

(=beverage) boisson f
→ Lynne brought me a hot drink.
a cold drink  une boisson fraîche
a hot drink  une boisson chaude
to have a drink   [+water, tea, coffee] boire quelque chose
a drink of water  un verre d'eau

(=alcoholic drink) verre m
→ Fancy a drink?
→ I'll get you a drink.
She felt like a drink after a hard day.  Elle avait envie d'un verre après cette dure journée.
to go out for a drink  aller prendre un verre
They've gone out for a drink.  Ils sont allés prendre un verre.
to have a drink  boire un verre
→ I'm going to have a drink with some friends.
We had drinks before dinner.  On a pris l'apéritif.

(=mouthful) gorgée f
to take a drink of sth, to have a drink of sth  prendre une gorgée de qch, boire une gorgée de qch
→ She took a drink of her whisky.

(=alcohol) alcool m
→ Too much drink is bad for you.
to take to drink   (=start drinking too much) s'adonner à la boisson

  [+drink] boire
→ He drank some tea.
She drank three cups of tea.  Elle a bu trois tasses de thé.
What would you like to drink?  Qu'est-ce que vous voulez boire?
Would you like something to drink?  Aimeriez-vous boire quelque chose?

to drink o.s. into a stupor boire jusqu'à tomber
to drink sb under the table faire rouler qn sous la table

vi (drank pt) (drunk pp )

[person, animal] boire

(=drink alcohol) boire
→ He was smoking and drinking too much.
He'd been drinking.  Il avait bu.
I don't drink.  Je ne bois pas d'alcool.

drinks
modif
[company, firm, group, industry] de boisson