potation

n.

1. The act of drinking.
2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage.

[Middle English potacion, from Old French, from Latin pōtātiō, pōtātiōn-, a drinking party, from pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink.]

noun

An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: draft, drink, pull, quaff, sip, sup, swill. Informal swig. Slang belt. See mouth.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic)
  Synonyms: draft, draught, tipple

Meaning #2: the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - drikken, drik, slurk, drikkelag

Nederlands (Dutch)
(alcoholische) drank, bier, drinken

Français (French)
n. - libations, boisson

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trinken, (alkoholisches) Getränk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πόση

Italiano (Italian)
bevanda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bebida (f), libação (f)

Русский (Russian)
напиток

Español (Spanish)
n. - libación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - drickande, dryck, dryckenskap

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
喝, 饮酒, 一口

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 喝, 飲酒, 一口

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마시기, 한 모금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 飲むこと, 飲酒, 酒, 一杯

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معاقرة الخمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפה מרה, לגימה, שתייה‬

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