alkohol

Internationalism.

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /alkohol/ [al.ko.hol]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /alkol/ [al.kol]

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• Rhymes: -ohol, -ol
• Rhymes: -alkol, -ol
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol

alkohol inan

1. alcohol

• “alkohol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alkohol”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Spanish alcohol.

• IPA^(key): /ʔalkoˈhol/ [ʔal̪.koˈhol̪] (spelling based)
• IPA^(key): /ʔalkoˈʔol/ [ʔal̪.koˈʔol̪] (Spanish based)
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol

alkohól (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)

1. alcohol (for sanitation)
2. alcohol (for drinking)

   Synonym: arak

From Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”). First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈalkoɦol]

alkohol m inan

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

• “alkohol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “alkohol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “alkohol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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

• Rhymes: -ɒl

alkohol c (singular definite alkoholen, plural indefinite alkoholer)

1. alcohol

alkohol m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. superseded spelling of alcohol

From German Alkohol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlkohol/, [ˈɑlkoɦol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Hyphenation: Al‧ko‧hol

alkohol (genitive alkoholi, partitive alkoholi)

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

Declension of alkohol (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		alkohol	alkoholid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	alkoholi
genitive			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

• alkohol in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “alkohol”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlkohol]

• Audio:

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

alkohol (plural alkoholok)

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

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

• alkohol in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• alkohol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• alcohol (1901–1947)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /alˈkohol/ [alˈko.hɔl]

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

alkohol (plural alkohol-alkohol)

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

• beralkohol
• pengalkoholan

• “alkohol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

• IPA^(key): /alˈkohol/ [alˈko.hol]
• Rhymes: -ohol, -ol
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol

alkohol (Jawi spelling الکوهول, uncountable)

1. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)

Internationalism.

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

1. alcohol (alcoholic beverage; also in chemistry)

• alkoholiker

Internationalism.

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

1. alcohol (as above)

• alkoholfri
• alkoholmisbruk

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Alkohol, French alcohol, or Spanish alcohol,^[1][2] ultimately from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).^[3][4] First attested in 1534.^[5]

• IPA^(key): /alˈkɔ.xɔl/

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

alkohol m inan

1. alcohol (beverage) [from early 19th c]^[6]

   Synonyms: alko, coś mocniejszego, trunek

2. alcohol (organic chemistry) [from 19th c]^[7]

   Synonym: alko

3. (Middle Polish) finely crushed powder, crushed antimony [16th c.]^[5]

• alkohol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alkohol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alkohol”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26

Internationalism.

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

àlkohol m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀лкохол)

1. alcohol

• “alkohol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Internationalism.

• IPA^(key): /alkɔɦɔl/, [ˈalkɔɦɔl]
• Rhymes: -ɔɦɔl
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧hol

• Audio (Bratislava):

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alkohol m inan (relational adjective alkoholický or alkoholový)

1. alcohol

• “alkohol”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Internationalism.

• IPA^(key): /alkɔxóːl/

alkohọ̑l m inan

1. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	alkohól
gen. sing.	alkohóla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	alkohól	alkohóla	alkohóli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	alkohóla	alkohólov	alkohólov
dative (dajȃlnik)	alkohólu	alkohóloma	alkohólom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	alkohól	alkohóla	alkohóle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	alkohólu	alkohólih	alkohólih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	alkohólom	alkohóloma	alkohóli

• “alkohol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Internationalism.

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

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alkohol c

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

   dricka alkohol

   drink alcohol

• alkohol in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• alkohol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• alkohol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• alkuol

Borrowed from Spanish alcohol (“alcohol”), but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/ due to English influence (cf. hedonismo, Hispanismo, Hinduismo, homiliya, nihilismo, rehabilitasyon), from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥū́l), from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkoˈhol/ [ʔɐl.koˈhol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: al‧ko‧hol

alkohól (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)

1. (organic chemistry) alcohol
2. alcoholic beverage

   Synonyms: alak, agwardiyente

3. rubbing alcohol; isopropyl alcohol

• “alkohol”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alkohol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 22

From English alcohol.

alkohol

1. alcohol