English
Etymology
From teetotal + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
teetotaler (plural teetotalers)
- (American spelling) A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.
2025 November 21, Tom Nichols, “The President Is Losing Control of Himself”, in The Atlantic[1], archived from the original on 22 November 2025:[Richard] Nixon was becoming erratic and drinking too much, so [James] Schlesinger told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that any “unusual” orders from Nixon should be routed over to him. […] [Donald] Trump is famously a teetotaler, but he has publicly surpassed Nixon’s anguish and paranoia.
Translations
person who completely abstains from alcohol
- Afrikaans: geheelonthouer (af)
- Arabic: مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْخُمُور (mumtaniʕ ʕan al-ḵumūr), مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْمُسْكِرَات (mumtaniʕ ʕan al-muskirāt), مُمْتَنِع عَنْ شُرْب الْكُحُول (mumtaniʕ ʕan šurb al-kuḥūl)
- Bulgarian: трезвеник (bg) m (trezvenik), трезвеница f (trezvenica)
- Catalan: abstemi (ca) m, aiguader m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 滴酒不沾的人
- Czech: abstinent (cs) m, abstinentka (cs) f
- Danish: afholdsmand (da) c
- Dutch: geheelonthouder (nl) m, geheelonthoudster f
- Esperanto: abstinenculo
- Estonian: karsklane
- Finnish: absolutisti (fi), raitis (fi), maitopoika
- French: abstème (fr) m or f, abstinent (fr) m, abstinente (fr) f, néphaliste (fr) m or f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Abstinenzler (de) m, Abstinenzlerin (de) f, Antialkoholiker (de) m, Antialkoholikerin (de) f, Temperenzler m, Temperenzlerin f, Alkoholgegner m, Alkoholgegnerin f, Abstinent m (Swiss German), Abstinentin f (Swiss German), Nichttrinker (de) m, Nichttrinkerin (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ὑδατοπότης m (hudatopótēs)
- Hungarian: antialkoholista (hu)
- Irish: staonaire m
- Italian: astemio (it) m, astemia (it) f
- Japanese: 下戸 (ja) (geko)
- Kashubian: abstinent m
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: тре́звеник m (trézvenik)
- Māori: wainamu, tītotara
- Polish: abstynent (pl) m, abstynentka (pl) f, niepijący m, niepijąca f
- Portuguese: abstémio (pt) m (Portugal), abstémia f (Portugal), abstêmio (pt) m (Brazil), abstêmia f (Brazil)
- Romanian: abstinent (ro) m, antialcoolic (ro) m
- Russian: тре́звенник (ru) m (trézvennik), тре́звенница (ru) f (trézvennica)
- Slovak: abstinent m, abstinentka f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: abstinenclaŕ m, antialkoholikaŕ m
- Spanish: abstemio (es) m, abstemia (es) f, temperante (es) m or f, aguado (es) m
- Swedish: absolutist (sv) c, helnykterist (sv) c, nykterist (sv) c
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: llwyrymwrthodwr m, dirwestwr m, llwyrymataliwr m
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