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mar·ti·ni    Audio Help   [mahr-tee-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nis.
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
[Origin: 1885–90; perh. alter. of Martinez (an earlier alternate name of the drink, of disputed orig.), by back formation (taking it as pl.), or by assoc. with the vermouth manufacturer Martini, Sola & Co. (later Martini & Rossi)]
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Mar·ti·ni    Audio Help   [mahr-tee-nee; It. mahr-tee-nee] Pronunciation Key
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Si·mo·ne    Audio Help   [see-maw-ne] Pronunciation Key, 1283–1344, Italian painter.
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mar·ti·ni    Audio Help   (mär-tē'nē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mar·ti·nis
A cocktail made of gin or vodka and dry vermouth.


[Origin unknown.]

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Mar·ti·ni    Audio Help   (mär-tē'nē)  Pronunciation Key 
Italian painter whose work is representative of the Sienese Gothic style.

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martini 
1894, probably from Martini and Rossi, It. firm that makes vermouth (an ingredient of the drink). Another theory holds that it is a corruption of Martinez, California, town where the drink was said to have originated.

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martini

noun
a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth 

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