alcoholic

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/

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Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.

   Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes

   Daddy was an alcoholic - Starsailor - Alcoholic

2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• dipsomaniac, drunkard

Antonyms

• teetotaler, on the wagon

Translations

a person addicted to alcohol

• Armenian: ալկոհոլիկ (hy) (alkoholik), (colloquial, derogatory) ալկաշ (hy) (alkaš)
• Bulgarian: алкохолик (bg) (alkoholik)
• Catalan: alcohòlic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒精中毒病人 (cmn) (jiǔjīng zhòngdú bìngrén)

• Czech: alkoholik (cs) m
• Danish: alkoholiker (da)
• Dutch: alcoholist m, alcoholiste f, alcoholicus m
• Estonian: alkohoolik (et)
• Finnish: alkoholisti (fi)
• French: alcoolique (fr) m and f
• German: Alkoholiker m, Alkoholikerin f; Alkoholkranker m, Alkoholkranke f
• Greek: αλκοολικός m αλκοολική f
• Hungarian: alkoholista (hu)
• Irish: alcólach (ga) m
• Italian: alcoldipendente (it), alcolista (it)

• Japanese: アルコール中毒者 (ja) (arukōru-chūdokusha)
• Latvian: alkoholiķis m
• Macedonian: алкохоличар (mk) (alkohóličar) m
• Manx: sheer-veshtallagh (gv) m
• Oriya: ମଦୁଆ (or)
• Polish: alkoholik (pl) m, alkoholiczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: alcoólatra (pt) c
• Romanian: alcoolic (ro) m, alcoolică (ro) f
• Russian: алкоголик (ru) (alkogólik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: alkoholičar (sh) m
• Slovak: alkoholik m, (alkoholici pl)
• Spanish: alcohólico (es) m
• Swedish: alkoholist (sv) c, (colloquial) alkis (sv) c, (colloquial) fyllo (sv) n, (colloquial) suput (sv) c, fyllerist (sv) c, (archaic) drinkare (sv) c
• Turkish: alkolik (tr)

one who abuses alcohol

• Arabic: سكير (ar) (sikkiir) m, خمير (ar) (khimmiir) m, معاقر (ar) (mu3aaqir) m
• Armenian: ալկոհոլիկ (hy) (alkoholik), (colloquial, derogatory) ալկաշ (hy) (alkaš)
• Bulgarian: алкохолик (bg) (alkoholik), пияница (bg) (pijanica)
• Catalan: alcohòlic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗜酒者 (cmn) (shìjiǔzhě), 酒鬼 (cmn) (jiǔguǐ), 醉鬼 (cmn) (zuìguǐ)

• Czech: alkoholik (cs) m, opilec (cs) m, pijan (cs) m
• Danish: alkoholiker (da)
• Estonian: alkohoolik (et), joodik (et)
• Finnish: alkoholisti (fi), juoppo (fi)
• French: alcoolique (fr) m and f
• German: Alkoholiker m, Alkoholikerin f; Alkoholkranker m, Alkoholkranke f
• Greek: αλκοολικός (el) (alkoolikós) m, αλκοολική (el) (alkoolikí) f
• Irish: alcólach (ga) m

• Italian: alcolista (it)
• Japanese: 小虎 (ja) (こどら, kodora), 辛党 (ja) (からとう, karatō), 飲兵衛 (ja) (のんべえ, nonbē), アル中 (ja) (aru-chū), 飲んだくれ (ja) (nondakure), 愛飲家 (ja) (あいいんか, aiinka), 酒飲み (ja) (さけのみ, sakenomi)
• Latvian: alkoholiķis m
• Macedonian: алкохоличар (mk) (alkohóličar) m, пијаница (mk) (pijánica) m and f
• Manx: sheer-veshtallagh (gv) m
• Polish: alkoholik m, alkoholiczka f
• Portuguese: alcoólatra c
• Russian: алкоголик (ru) (alkogólik) m, пьяница (ru) (p'jánica) m and f, (pejorative) алкаш (ru) (alkáš) m
• Slovak: pijan (sk) m
• Spanish: alcohólico (es) m
• Swedish: alkoholist (sv) c

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• Persian: الکلی (alkoli)
• Telugu: తాగుబోతు (taagubOtu)

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

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Translations

of or pertaining to alcohol

• Arabic: روحي (ar) (ruuHiy), كحولي (ar) (kuHuuliy)
• Armenian: ալկոհոլային (hy) (alkoholayin)
• Bulgarian: алкохолен (bg) (alkoholen)
• Catalan: alcohòlic (ca)
• Dutch: alcoholisch (nl)
• Estonian: alkoholi- (et)
• Finnish: alkoholi-
• French: alcoolique (fr)
• Italian: alcolico (it)
• Japanese: アルコール入りの (arukōru-iri-no)

• Jèrriais: alcoolique
• Latvian: alkoholisks
• Macedonian: алкохолен (mk) (alkohólen)
• Polish: alkoholowy m, alkoholowa f, alkoholowe n
• Romanian: alcoolic (ro)
• Russian: алкогольный (ru) (alkogól'nyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: alkoholni (sh)
• Spanish: alcohólico (es)
• Swedish: alkohol- (sv)

having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents

• Armenian: ալկոհոլային (hy) (alkoholayin)
• Bulgarian: спиртен (bg) (spirten), алкохолен (bg) (alkoholen)
• Catalan: alcohòlic (ca)
• Czech: alkoholický (cs) m
• Estonian: alkohoolne (et)
• Finnish: alkoholipitoinen (fi)
• French: alcoolisé (fr)
• German: alkoholisch (de)
• Interlingua: alcoholic (ia)
• Italian: alcolico (it)

• Latvian: alkoholisks
• Macedonian: алкохолен (mk) (alkohólen)
• Romanian: (o băutură) alcoolică
• Russian: алкогольный (ru) (alkogól'nyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: alkoholni (sh)
• Slovak: alkoholický (sk) m
• Spanish: alcohólico (es)
• Swedish: alkoholhaltig (sv)
• Turkish: alkollü (tr)

of alcoholism

• Bulgarian: алкохоличен (bg) (alkoholičen)
• Catalan: alcohòlic (ca)
• Italian: alcolizzato (it)

• Macedonian: алкохоличарски (mk) (alkoholíčarski)
• Malay: beralkohol (ms)

Related terms

• alcohol

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

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Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)