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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)

1. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
2. (colloquial) Ethanol.
3. (uncountable) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
4. (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)

1. 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)

1. (organic chemistry, countable) alcohol
2. (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• alkohol (superseded)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)

1. (countable, organic chemistry) alcohol (class of compounds)
2. (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)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of alcool

Galician

Alternative forms

• alcol

Noun

alcohol m (plural alcohois)

1. alcohol

Related terms

• alcohólico
• alcoholismo

Further reading

• “alcohol” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Noun

alcohol (uncountable)

1. 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

1. (Medieval Latin) kohl, collyrium, stibium
2. (Medieval Latin) any other powder obtained from triturating a material

3. (Medieval Latin) distilled essence, spirit
4. (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)

1. 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)

1. alcohol
2. (mineralogy) galena
3. (cosmetics) kohl, stibnite

Derived terms

Further reading

• “alcohol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin xylos (“wood or cotton-tree”) + -itol (“anhydric alcohol”).

Noun

xylitol (countable and uncountable, plural xylitols)

1. (chemistry) a pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener

Synonyms

• E967 when used as a sweetener

Translations

Further reading

• xylitol at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lyxitol

Spanish

Noun

xylitol m (plural xylitoles)

1. xylitol