alkohol

See also: Alkohol and alkóhól

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /alkool/, [al.ko̞.o̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /alkohol/, [al.ko̞.ɦo̞l]

Noun

alkohol inan

1. alcohol

Declension

Declension of alkohol (inanimate, ending in consonant)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	alkohol	alkohola	alkoholak
ergative	alkoholek	alkoholak	alkoholek
dative	alkoholi	alkoholari	alkoholei
genitive	alkoholen	alkoholaren	alkoholen
comitative	alkoholekin	alkoholarekin	alkoholekin
causative	alkoholengatik	alkoholarengatik	alkoholengatik
benefactive	alkoholentzat	alkoholarentzat	alkoholentzat
instrumental	alkoholez	alkoholaz	alkoholez
inessive	alkoholetan	alkoholean	alkoholetan
locative	alkoholetako	alkoholeko	alkoholetako
allative	alkoholetara	alkoholera	alkoholetara
terminative	alkoholetaraino	alkoholeraino	alkoholetaraino
directive	alkoholetarantz	alkoholerantz	alkoholetarantz
destinative	alkoholetarako	alkoholerako	alkoholetarako
ablative	alkoholetatik	alkoholetik	alkoholetatik
partitive	alkoholik	—	—
prolative	alkoholtzat	—	—

Further reading

• “alkohol” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “alkohol” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalkoɦol]

Noun

alkohol m

1. alcohol (any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH))
2. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	alkohol	alkoholy
genitive	alkoholu	alkoholů
dative	alkoholu	alkoholům
accusative	alkohol	alkoholy
vocative	alkohole	alkoholy
locative	alkoholu	alkoholech
instrumental	alkoholem	alkoholy

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alkoholický
• alkoholik

• alkoholismus
• otrava alkoholem

Further reading

• alkohol in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• alkohol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

alkohol c (singular definite alkoholen, plural indefinite alkoholer)

1. alcohol

Inflection

Declension of alkohol

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alkohol	alkoholen	alkoholer	alkoholerne
genitive	alkohols	alkoholens	alkoholers	alkoholernes

Derived terms

Terms derived from “alkohol”

• alkoholambulatorium n
• alkoholfri
• alkoholholdig
• alkoholiker c
• alkoholiseret
• alkoholisering c

• alkoholisk
• alkoholisme c
• alkoholist c
• alkoholmisbrug c, n
• alkoholmisbruger c

• alkoholpolitik c
• alkoholskadet
• metylalkohol c
• propylalkohol c
• ætylalkohol c

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Estonian

Noun

alkohol (genitive alkoholi, partitive alkoholi)

1. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)
2. (organic chemistry) alcohol

Declension

Inflection of alkohol (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	alkohol	alkoholid
accusative	alkoholi	alkoholid
genitive	alkoholi	alkoholide
partitive	alkoholi	alkohole alkoholisid
illative	alkoholi alkoholisse	alkoholidesse alkoholesse
inessive	alkoholis	alkoholides alkoholes
elative	alkoholist	alkoholidest alkoholest
allative	alkoholile	alkoholidele alkoholele
adessive	alkoholil	alkoholidel alkoholel
ablative	alkoholilt	alkoholidelt alkoholelt
translative	alkoholiks	alkoholideks alkoholeks
terminative	alkoholini	alkoholideni
essive	alkoholina	alkoholidena
abessive	alkoholita	alkoholideta
comitative	alkoholiga	alkoholidega

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German Alkohol (“alcohol”), from Medieval Latin alcohol (“powdered ore of antimony”), from Arabic اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlkohol]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

alkohol (plural alkoholok)

1. alcohol (an organic compound)
2. alcohol (an intoxicating beverage)

   Synonyms: (formal) szeszes ital, (jocular) szíverősítő, (slang) pia

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	alkohol	alkoholok
accusative	alkoholt	alkoholokat
dative	alkoholnak	alkoholoknak
instrumental	alkohollal	alkoholokkal
causal-final	alkoholért	alkoholokért
translative	alkohollá	alkoholokká
terminative	alkoholig	alkoholokig
essive-formal	alkoholként	alkoholokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	alkoholban	alkoholokban
superessive	alkoholon	alkoholokon
adessive	alkoholnál	alkoholoknál
illative	alkoholba	alkoholokba
sublative	alkoholra	alkoholokra
allative	alkoholhoz	alkoholokhoz
elative	alkoholból	alkoholokból
delative	alkoholról	alkoholokról
ablative	alkoholtól	alkoholoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	alkoholé	alkoholoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	alkoholéi	alkoholokéi

Possessive forms of alkohol
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	alkoholom	alkoholaim
2nd person sing.	alkoholod	alkoholaid
3rd person sing.	alkohola	alkoholai
1st person plural	alkoholunk	alkoholaink
2nd person plural	alkoholotok	alkoholaitok
3rd person plural	alkoholuk	alkoholaik

Derived terms

• alkoholista
• alkoholos

 

Compound words

• alkoholfogyasztás
• alkoholfüggő
• alkoholmentes
• alkoholtartalom
• alkoholtilalom

 

Expressions

• alkoholba fojtja a bánatát

 

Related terms

• alkoholizmus

 

Further reading

• alkohol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• alkohol in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alkohɔl]
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol

Noun

alkohol (first-person possessive alkoholku, second-person possessive alkoholmu, third-person possessive alkoholnya)

1. alcohol
   1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
   2. Ethanol

      Synonym: etanol

   3. (colloquial) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.

      Synonym: minuman beralkohol

Derived terms

• beralkohol
• pengalkoholan

Further reading

• “alkohol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From English alcohol, from Middle English, from Old French alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Noun

alkohol (Jawi spelling الکوهول‎, informal 1st possessive alkoholku, 2nd possessive alkoholmu, 3rd possessive alkoholnya)

1. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alcohol (“kohl, distilled essence, spirit”), from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول‎ (al-kuḥūl), اَلْقُحُول‎ (al-quḥūl), from earlier اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl, “kohl”), from Classical Syriac ܟܘܚܠܐ‎ (kuḥlā, “kohl; stibium, antimony”), from Aramaic כוחלא‎, from Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, “antimony, stibium”).

Noun

alkohol m (definite singular alkoholen, indefinite plural alkoholer, definite plural alkoholene)

1. alcohol (alcoholic beverage; also in chemistry)

Derived terms

Terms derived from alkohol

• alkoholforbud
• alkoholforgiftning

• alkoholfri
• alkoholholdig

• alkoholinnhold
• alkoholmisbruk

Related terms

• alkoholiker

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alkohol m (definite singular alkoholen, indefinite plural alkoholar, definite plural alkoholane)

1. alcohol (as above)

Derived terms

• alkoholfri
• alkoholmisbruk

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Polish

Etymology

From German Alkohol, ultimately from Arabic اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkɔ.xɔl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔxɔl
• Syllabification: al‧ko‧hol

Noun

alkohol m inan

1. alcohol (beverage)

   Synonyms: coś mocniejszego, trunek

2. alcohol (organic chemistry)

Declension

Declension of alkohol

	singular	plural
nominative	alkohol	alkohole
genitive	alkoholu	alkoholi/alkoholów
dative	alkoholowi	alkoholom
accusative	alkohol	alkohole
instrumental	alkoholem	alkoholami
locative	alkoholu	alkoholach
vocative	alkoholu	alkohole

Derived terms

nouns

• alkoholan
• alkohol etylowy
• alkoholiczka
• alkoholik
• alkoholista
• alkoholiza
• alkoholizacja
• alkoholizm
• alkohol metylowy
• alkoholog
• alkohologia
• alkoholometr
• alkoholometria
• alkoholomierz
• alkomat
• antyalkoholik

 

adjectives

• alkoholanowy
• alkoholiczny
• alkoholowy
• antyalkoholowy
• bezalkoholowy

 

verbs

• alkoholizować
• topić w alkoholu
• utopić w alkoholu
• zalać alkoholem
• zalewać alkoholem

 

Further reading

• alkohol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alkohol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎlkoxol/
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol

Noun

àlkohol m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лкохол)

1. alcohol

Declension

Declension of alkohol

	singular	plural
nominative	alkohol	alkoholi
genitive	alkohola	alkohola
dative	alkoholu	alkoholima
accusative	alkohol	alkohole
vocative	alkohole	alkoholi
locative	alkoholu	alkoholima
instrumental	alkoholom	alkoholima

References

• “alkohol” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɫkɔɦɔɫ/

Noun

alkohol m (genitive singular alkoholu, nominative plural alkoholy, genitive plural alkoholov, declension pattern of dub)

1. alcohol

Declension

Declension of alkohol

	singular	plural
nominative	alkohol	alkoholy
genitive	alkoholu	alkoholov
dative	alkoholu	alkoholom
accusative	alkohol	alkoholy
locative	alkohole	alkoholoch
instrumental	alkoholom	alkoholmi

Derived terms

• alkoholik
• alkoholický
• alkoholový

Further reading

• alkohol in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkɔxóːl/

Noun

alkohọ̑l m inan

1. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	alkohól
gen. sing.	alkohóla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	alkohól	alkohóla	alkohóli
accusative	alkohól	alkohóla	alkohóle
genitive	alkohóla	alkohólov	alkohólov
dative	alkohólu	alkohóloma	alkohólom
locative	alkohólu	alkohólih	alkohólih
instrumental	alkohólom	alkohóloma	alkohóli

Further reading

• “alkohol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalkʊˌhoːl/, /alkʊˈhoːl/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

alkohol c

1. (countable or uncountable, organic chemistry) alcohol
2. (uncountable, beverages) alcohol; beverage containing ethanol

Declension

Declension of alkohol
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alkohol	alkoholen	alkoholer	alkoholerna
Genitive	alkohols	alkoholens	alkoholers	alkoholernas

Synonyms

• (beverage): sprit

Derived terms

• alkoholmissbruk
• alkoholstyrka (“amount of alcohol in a beverage”)

Related terms

• alkoholhaltig
• alkoholist
• alkoholism

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alkuol

Etymology

From Spanish alcohol (“alcohol”), but with the silent H pronounced as /h/ due to English influence.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol
• IPA^(key): /ʔalkoˈhol/, [ʔɐlkoˈhol]

Noun

alkohól

1. (organic chemistry) alcohol
2. alcoholic beverage

   Synonyms: alak, agwardiyente

3. (colloquial) rubbing alcohol

Derived terms

• alkoholan
• alkoholin

 

Related terms

• alkoholiko
• alkoholismo
• alkoholado
• alkoholisa

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English alcohol.

Noun

alkohol

1. alcohol