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==B==
==B==
*'''Brussel:''' Dutch for ''Brussels'', the capital of Belgium
*'''Bruxelles:''' French for ''Brussels'', the capital of Belgium


==C==
==C==
*'''Coolship:''' Anglicized version of ''[[koelschip]]'', a piece of equipment used in spontaneous fermentation


==D==
==D==
*'''Doesjel:''' Belgian Dutch slang similar to ''loerik'' (see below) closely approximating to ''snoozer'' or ''lazy''. Used when a geuze does not referment in the bottle.
*'''Druiven:''' Dutch for ''grapes''


==E==
==E==


==F==
==F==
*'''Framboise:''' French for ''raspberry''
*'''Frambozen:''' Dutch for ''raspberries''


==G==
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==J==
==J==
*'''Jeune:''' French for ''young''
*'''Jonge:''' Dutch for ''young''


==K==
==K==
*'''[[Koelschip]]:'''A piece of equipment used in spontaneous fermentation
*'''Kriek''': A type of sour Morello cherry used for fruiting lambic


==L==
==L==
*'''Lambiek:''' Belgian Dutch for ''lambic''
*'''Loerik:''' Slang Belgian Dutch adjective approximately relating to ''lazy'' in English. Used when a geuze does not referment in the bottle.


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==O==
==O==
*'''Oude:''' Dutch adjective for ''old''


==P==
==P==
*'''Pajottenland:''' Sometimes written in English as ''Payottenland'', this extremely fertile agricultural region of Belgium is situated in a valley to the south-west of Brussels between the rivers Senne and Dendre and is cradle of lambic production.


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==S==
==S==
* '''Senne''' The French term for the Zenne valley and river.
* '''Stoemper:''' A small rod with a flattened end used to crush sugar cubes into a glass of lambic in order to [[Sweetened_Lambic|sweeten]] it.


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==V==
==V==
*'''Vieille:''' French feminine singular adjective for ''old''
*'''Vieux:''' French masculine singular and plural adjective for ''old''
*'''Vlaams-Brabant:''' Belgian Dutch for ''Flemish Brabant'', the provincial region that encompasses the [[An_Overview_of_Lambic#Lambic_Geography|Pajottenland]]
*'''Vlaams-Brabant:''' Belgian Dutch for ''Flemish Brabant'', the provincial region that encompasses the [[An_Overview_of_Lambic#Lambic_Geography|Pajottenland]]


==W==
==W==
* '''Wallonie:''' The French-speaking region of southern Belgium.


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==Z==
==Z==
* '''Zenne:''' Belgian Dutch for Zenne valley and river