Alcohol

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

English

Etymology

From mediaeval Latin or archaic French alcohol (modern French alcool), from Arabic الكحل (al-kuħl) ‘kohl’.

Noun

alcohol

1. An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
2. ((chemistry{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group(-OH).

Related terms

• alcoholic
• alcoholism
• low-alcohol
• non-alcoholic
• nonalcoholic

Translations

Chinese: 酒精 (jiǔ jīng) Czech: alkohol m. Dutch: alcohol m. Farsi: الکل (alkol) Finnish: alkoholi French: alcool m. German: Alkohol m. (1, 2); Weingeist (1, old), Branntwein (1, juristic) Greek: οινόπνευμα n. Indonesian: Alkohol (1, 2) Italian: alcool m.

Japanese: アルコール Korean: 알콜 Polish: alkohol m. Portuguese: álcool m. Russian: спирт m. (spirt) Slovak: alkohol m. Slovene: alkohol m. Spanish: alcohol m. Swedish: alkohol, sprit Turkish: alkol

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Dutch

Noun

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Diminutive	-
Diminutive plural	-

alcohol m.

1. Alcohol.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /al'kol/

Noun

alcohol m.

1. Alcohol.es:alcohol

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