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alcohol
English
Etymology
Entered in the 1500s from French alcohol or Spanish alcohol, derived from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol transmitted in medical or alchemical literature of Arabic ?????????? (al-ku?l, “kohl”), which in Andalusian Arabic also bore the form ??????? (ku??l), ??????? (qu??l); bearing thus the meaning of stibnite first, then generalized in meaning to a powder obtained by triturating a material, then also to liquids obtained by boiling down, and specialized to mean spirit of wine, ethanol, in the 18th century, then the narrow chemical sense after 1850.
Doublet of alcool and kohl.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æl.k?.h?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æl.k?.h?l/, /?æl.k?.h?l/
- (US, nonstandard) IPA(key): /??l.k?.h?l/, /??l.k?.h?l/
Noun
alcohol (countable and uncountable, plural alcohols)
- (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
- (colloquial) Ethanol.
- (uncountable) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
- (obsolete) Any very fine powder.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Korean: ??? (alkool)
- ?? Malay: alcohol
- ? Tok Pisin: alkohol
Translations
References
Asturian
Noun
alcohol m (plural alcoholes)
- alcohol
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?l.ko??l/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?l.ku??l/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /al.ko??l/
Noun
alcohol m (plural alcohols)
- (organic chemistry, countable) alcohol
- (uncountable) alcohol
Related terms
- alcohòlic
- alcoholisme
Further reading
- “alcohol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- alkohol (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alcohol or Spanish alcohol, of Arabic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l.ko????l/
- Hyphenation: al?co?hol
Noun
alcohol m (plural alcoholen)
- (countable, organic chemistry) alcohol (class of compounds)
- (uncountable) alcohol (ethanol specifically)
Hyponyms
- (beverage): sterke drank
Derived terms
- alcoholica
- alcoholicus
- alcoholisch
- alcoholisme
- alcoholist
- alcoholslot
Related terms
- -ol
French
Noun
alcohol m (plural alcohols)
- (rare) Alternative spelling of alcool
Galician
Alternative forms
- alcol
Noun
alcohol m (plural alcohois)
- alcohol
Related terms
- alcohólico
- alcoholismo
Further reading
- “alcohol” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Noun
alcohol (uncountable)
- alcohol (ethanol)
Related terms
- alcoholic
Latin
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic ??????????? (al-ku??l), ??????????? (al-qu??l), earlier ?????????? (al-ku?l, “kohl”). Ultimately from Akkadian.
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?al.ko.ol/, [??lk??l]
Noun
alcohol n (genitive alcoholis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) kohl, collyrium, stibium
- (Medieval Latin) any other powder obtained from triturating a material
- (Medieval Latin) distilled essence, spirit
- (Medieval Latin) alcohol
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- alcoholicus
Descendants
References
- alcohol in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old French
Noun
alcohol m (oblique plural alcohous or alcohox or alcohols, nominative singular alcohous or alcohox or alcohols, nominative plural alcohol)
- alcohol
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic ??????? (ku???l), from Arabic ?????????? (al-ku?l, “kohl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al?kol/, [al?kol]
Noun
alcohol m (plural alcoholes)
- alcohol
- (mineralogy) galena
- (cosmetics) kohl, stibnite
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alcohol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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bibulous
English
Etymology
From Latin bibulus from bib? (“drink”) +? -ulus from Proto-Italic *pib?, from Proto-Indo-European *píph?eti, from root *peh?- (“drink”); whence also imbibe and beverage via Old French beivre.
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?b?yo?o-l?s, IPA(key): /?b?b.j?.l?s/
Adjective
bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)
- Very absorbent.
- Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
- Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:drunk
Derived terms
- bibulously
- bibulousness
Related terms
- bibacious
- bibation
- bibativeness
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