different between alcoholic vs jenever

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.
   • 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic

     Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
     Daddy was an alcoholic
2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Translations

See also

• friend of Bill W.

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

   He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

   The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

Related terms

• alcohol

Translations

Anagrams

• colaholic

Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)

English

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jenever (“jenever”), from Dutch jeneverbes (“juniper berry”), from Latin juniperus (“juniper”).

Noun

jenever (countable and uncountable, plural jenevers)

1. A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin.

Synonyms

• Dutch gin

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• genever

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jenever, genever, geniver, from Old French genievre (compare French genièvre), via Vulgar Latin from Latin juniperus (“juniper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /j??ne?v?r/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /???ne?v?r/
• Hyphenation: je?ne?ver
• Rhymes: -e?v?r

Noun

jenever m (plural jenevers, diminutive jenevertje n)

1. jenever
   • 1814, Elias Annes Borger, "De vaderlander".

     Iö den dappren wever! / De vederbos knikt op zijn hoed; / Hij ademt wraak, heeft dorst naar bloed, / En lescht dien met jenever.

Derived terms

• bessenjenever
• graanjenever
• jeneverbes
• jeneverbrander
• jeneverfles
• jeneverkruik
• jeneverkuur
• jeneverneus
• jeneverpaleis
• jeneverstad
• Jeneverstad
• jeneverstoker
• jenevervriend
• vruchtenjenever

Descendants

• ? English: jenever
• ? Indonesian: jenever
• ? Sranan Tongo: yaneyfri