Scotch

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See also: scotch

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of Scottish.

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skɒt͡ʃ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /skɑt͡ʃ/
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Proper noun[edit]

Scotch

(dated) The Scots language.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 156:
  But Rob was just saying what a shame it was that folk should be shamed nowadays to speak Scotch – or they called it Scots if they did, the split-tongued sourocks!
(dated) The Scottish dialect of English.

the Scotch

(dated) The people of Scotland.
The Scotch are a hardy bunch.
(chess, informal) The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.
Karpov played the Scotch against Anand.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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(people of Scotland): Scots, Scottish
(chess opening): the Scotch Game (not informal)

Translations[edit]

dialect

Dutch: Schots-Engels n
Greek: σκοτσέζικα (el) n pl (skotsézika)

people of Scotland

Catalan: escocesos (ca) m pl
Dutch: Schotten (nl) pl
French: Écossais (fr) m or m pl
Greek: Σκοτσέζοι (el) m pl (Skotsézoi)
Italian: scozzesi (it) m pl
Polish: Szkoci pl or m
Romanian: scoțieni m pl
Spanish: escoceses (es) m pl
Tagalog: Eskoses

Noun[edit]

Scotch (countable and uncountable, plural Scotches)

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

Synonyms[edit]

(whisky): malt, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch whisky

Derived terms[edit]

single malt scotch

Translations[edit]

uncountable: whisky made in Scotland

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蘇格蘭威士忌／苏格兰威士忌 (Sūgélán wēishìjì)
Finnish: skottiviski
French: scotch (fr) m
German: Scotch m
Irish: uisce beatha Albanach m, fuisce na hAlban m
Japanese: スコッチウィスキー (sukotchiwisukī)
Korean: 스카치 (ko) (seukachi)
Marathi: स्कॉच (skŏc)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skotsk whisky m

Nynorsk: skotsk whisky m
Polish: szkocka f
Romanian: scotch (ro) n
Russian: скотч (ru) m (skotč), шотла́ндский ви́ски m (šotlándskij víski), шотла́ндское ви́ски n (šotlándskoje víski)
Tagalog: eskoses
Yiddish: סקאַטש m (skatsh)

any variety of Scotch whisky

Armenian: սկոտչ (skotčʻ)
Tagalog: eskoses

glass of Scotch whisky

Adjective[edit]

Scotch (not comparable)

(dated) Of or from Scotland; Scottish.
- 1801, William Hanna, Memoirs of the life and writings of Thomas Chalmers, page 422:
  Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart; nor could anything be kindlier than the welcome which, whenever they did come to him, any of his Scotch relatives received.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
  our landlord informed us, with a sort of apologetic tone, that there was a Scotch gentleman to dine with us.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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