different between drinker vs wino

English

Etymology

From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drink?rijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

drinker (plural drinkers)

1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
3. A device from which animals can drink.

   a bell drinker

   a nipple drinker

4. (slang) A pub.

Synonyms

• (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
• (pub): boozer, local, watering hole; See also Thesaurus:pub

Antonyms

• (drunkard): teetotaler, nondrinker; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Derived terms

• (drunkard): nondrinker

Translations

Anagrams

• redrink

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drinkere. Equivalent to drinken +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dri?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: drin?ker
• Rhymes: -??k?r

Noun

drinker m (plural drinkers)

1. One who drinks.
2. A regular drinker of alcoholic beverages.
3. (obsolete) A smoker.

Derived terms

• bierdrinker
• brandewijndrinker
• tabakdrinker
• wijndrinker

English

Etymology 1

wine +? -o (“person with characteristic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?n??/
• Rhymes: -a?n??

Alternative forms

wineo, wine-o

Noun

wino (plural winos or winoes)

1. (derogatory) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard.
2. (informal) A wine enthusiast; an oenophile.

Synonyms

• (indigent): See also Thesaurus:vagabond
• (drunk or drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Related terms

• meth
• meths drinker

Translations

Etymology 2

W boson + -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wi?n??/
• Rhymes: -i?n??

Noun

wino (plural winos)

1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

Translations

Further reading

• Wino (slang term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wino (particle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Iwon, OWIN

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin v?num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?in?/

Noun

wino n

1. wine (alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes)

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?i.n?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin v?num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.

Noun

wino n

1. wine

Declension

Derived terms

• winko
• winnica
• winogrono

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

wino f

1. vocative singular of wina

Further reading

• wino in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• wino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

wino (u class, no plural)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)