lechayimn.

/ləˈxʌɪɪm/

Forms: Also l'chaim, l'chay(i)m, lechaim, lehayim.

Etymology: Hebrew, ‘to life’.

A drinking toast: to life!

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection]

rivoa1593

my service to you1637

tope1651

three times three1683

hob or nob1756

bottoms up!1858

chin chin1888

here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1896

down the hatch1918

cheerio1919

cheero1919

(here's) mud in your eye1927

cheers1930

lechayim1932

salut1933

salud1938

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] > in drinking healths

have towardsc1400

here's to1597

skol1600

tope1651

hob or nob1756

slainte1824

here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1888

santé1903

prosit1916

here's to the skin off your nose1925

(here's) mud in your eye1927

lechayim1932

1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. iii. ix. 582 ‘Here's mud in your eye!’ says the Chicagoan. ‘Lechayim! To Life!’ says Mr. Emmanuel.

1963 Encounter Apr. 35/1 The guests stood and raising their glasses honoured me, in Hebrew, with that most beautiful of toasts: Lechaim! To life!

1968 M. Richler in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd Ser. 193 ‘I been here seven years ago and what we done since, it's remarkable. L'chaym.’ ‘L'chaym.’

1968 P. Durst Badge of Infamy iii. 23 Chaim raised his glass. ‘Good health.’ ‘L'chaim,’ Michael returned.

1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 205 L'chayim, pronounced l- khy-im, with a resounding German kh, to rhyme with ‘to fry 'em’. Hebrew: ‘To life.’ The toast offered, with raised glass, before sipping wine or liquor: ‘To your health.’

1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 16/4 Miss Kitt raised her wine-glass. ‘L'chayim,’ she said.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	lechayim
释义	lechayimn. /ləˈxʌɪɪm/ Forms: Also l'chaim, l'chay(i)m, lechaim, lehayim. Etymology: Hebrew, ‘to life’. A drinking toast: to life! ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] rivoa1593 my service to you1637 tope1651 three times three1683 hob or nob1756 bottoms up!1858 chin chin1888 here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1896 down the hatch1918 cheerio1919 cheero1919 (here's) mud in your eye1927 cheers1930 lechayim1932 salut1933 salud1938 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] > in drinking healths have towardsc1400 here's to1597 skol1600 tope1651 hob or nob1756 slainte1824 here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1888 santé1903 prosit1916 here's to the skin off your nose1925 (here's) mud in your eye1927 lechayim1932 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. iii. ix. 582 ‘Here's mud in your eye!’ says the Chicagoan. ‘Lechayim! To Life!’ says Mr. Emmanuel. 1963 Encounter Apr. 35/1 The guests stood and raising their glasses honoured me, in Hebrew, with that most beautiful of toasts: Lechaim! To life! 1968 M. Richler in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd Ser. 193 ‘I been here seven years ago and what we done since, it's remarkable. L'chaym.’ ‘L'chaym.’ 1968 P. Durst Badge of Infamy iii. 23 Chaim raised his glass. ‘Good health.’ ‘L'chaim,’ Michael returned. 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 205 L'chayim, pronounced l- khy-im, with a resounding German kh, to rhyme with ‘to fry 'em’. Hebrew: ‘To life.’ The toast offered, with raised glass, before sipping wine or liquor: ‘To your health.’ 1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 16/4 Miss Kitt raised her wine-glass. ‘L'chayim,’ she said. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1932
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