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mixed drink

French translation: mélange

14:30 Feb 18, 2016
English to French translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: mixed drink
Bonjour à tous,
As our name suggests, our vodka is exceptionally smooth, with subtle grainy, fruity and flowery notes.
So smooth you can enjoy it as a neat chilled shot, the Polish way.
Or use it for your favourite mixed drink and cocktail.
Merci de votre aide
Kévin Bacquet
France
Local time: 16:25
French translation:mélange
Explanation:
Dans ce cas, je ferai l'ellipse de "boisson" > "Utilisez-la dans votre mélange ou votre cocktail préféré".

Perso, je n'irai pas jusqu'à dire que "mixed drinks" et "cocktails" soient synonymes. Il me semble que pour qu'une boisson porte le terme de "cocktail", celle-ci doit répondre à certains critères bien précis :

"When used to refer to any generic alcoholic mixed drink, cocktail may mean any beverage that contains three or more ingredients if at least two of them contain alcohol." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail
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Yoann Peyron
France
Local time: 16:25
Grading comment
Merci bien !
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Summary of answers provided
4cocktail
Thierry Bonhomme
4boisson mélangée
Anne-Sophie Cardinal
4mélange
Yoann Peyron


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cocktail


Explanation:
Mixed drink est un synonyme de cocktail (voir références ci-dessous). Cocktail remplacera donc les deux termes.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_drink
    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail
Thierry Bonhomme
France
Local time: 16:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Guillaume Brownlie Pacteau: oui, mais allongée fait référence à un seul ingrédient ajouté à la vodka. Une vodka orange par exemple n'est pas considérée comme un cocktail?
3 mins
neutral  Anne-Sophie Cardinal: I would normally agree, but if the asker wants to keep both 'mixed drink' and 'cocktail', he needs to find a solution.... see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/2vzebb/cocktails...
4 mins
neutral  Sheila Wilson: My local bars (of which there are many) charge more for a time-consuming cocktail than a simple spirit plus mixer such as G&T.
19 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
boisson mélangée


Explanation:
The source says 'mixed drinks' AND 'cocktail', and the most common translation for 'mixed drinks' seems indeed to be 'cocktails'. But I guess you cannot put only 'cocktails'....

So, I suggest 'boisson mélangée'


Anne-Sophie Cardinal
Canada
Local time: 10:25
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mélange


Explanation:
Dans ce cas, je ferai l'ellipse de "boisson" > "Utilisez-la dans votre mélange ou votre cocktail préféré".

Perso, je n'irai pas jusqu'à dire que "mixed drinks" et "cocktails" soient synonymes. Il me semble que pour qu'une boisson porte le terme de "cocktail", celle-ci doit répondre à certains critères bien précis :

"When used to refer to any generic alcoholic mixed drink, cocktail may mean any beverage that contains three or more ingredients if at least two of them contain alcohol." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail

Yoann Peyron
France
Local time: 16:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 28
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Merci bien !
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