alcoholometer

English

Alternative forms

• alcoholimeter
• alcoholmeter

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.

Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.

Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl)

Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.

Medieval Latin alcoholder.

Middle English alcofol

English alcohol

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

French -mètrebor.

English -meter

English -ometer

English alcoholometer

From alcohol + -ometer.

Noun

alcoholometer (plural alcoholometers)

1. A specialized form of hydrometer used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquid (such as beer).

Related terms

• alcoholometry

Translations

Specialized form of hydrometer used to measure amount of alcohol in liquid

• Asturian: alcoholímetru m
• Catalan: alcoholímetre m
• Esperanto: alkoholmetro
• French: alcoomètre (fr) m
• Galician: alcoholímetro m, alcolímetro m
• Italian: alcolimetro (it) m
• Malay: jangka alkohol, meter alkohol, alkoholometer
• Polish: alkoholometr m, alkoholomierz (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcoolímetro m, alcoolómetro m (Portugal), alcoolômetro m (Brazil), alcoómetro m (Portugal), alcoômetro m (Brazil)
• Romanian: alcoolmetru (ro)
• Spanish: alcoholímetro (es) m, alcohómetro (es) m
• Turkish: alkolmetre (tr), alkolölçer (tr)