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alcohol

See also: álcohol

English

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An assortment of alcoholic beverages

Etymology

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    First attested in the 15 century from Middle English alcofol, from Middle French alcohol or Spanish alcohol, derived from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol transmitted in medical or alchemical literature of Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”), which in Andalusian Arabic also bore the form كُحُول (kuḥūl), قُحُول (quḥūl); bearing thus the meaning of stibnite first, then generalized in meaning to a powder obtained by triturating a material, then also to liquids obtained by boiling down, and specialized to mean spirit of wine, ethanol, in the 18th century, then the narrow chemical sense after 1850. Doublet of alcool and kohl.

    Various old etymological notes.
    • Bartholomew Traheron in his 1543 translation of John of Vigo introduces the word as a term used by "barbarous" (Moorish) authors for "fine powder": the barbarous auctours use alcohol, or (as I fynde it sometymes wryten) alcofoll, for moost fine poudre.
    • William Johnson in his 1657 Lexicon Chymicum glosses the word as antimonium sive stibium. By extension, the word came to refer to any fluid obtained by distillation, including "alcohol of wine", the distilled essence of wine.
    • Libavius in Alchymia (1594) has vini alcohol vel vinum alcalisatum.
    • Johnson (1657) glosses alcohol vini as quando omnis superfluitas vini a vino separatur, ita ut accensum ardeat donec totum consumatur, nihilque fæcum aut phlegmatis in fundo remaneat.
    • Some authorities, including Rachel Hajar, suggest that the ultimate etymon was the Arabic term اَلْغَوْل (al-ḡawl, “bad effect, evil result of headache”) (as used in Qur’an verse 37:47, but this word is rather poetical and could for topical reasons not have been picked up from Arabic by Medieval writers, and aside from that the relation to stibium is well documented.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

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    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæl.kə.hɒl/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.kə.hɔl/, /ˈæl.kə.hɑl/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Audio (UK):(file)
    • Hyphenation: al‧co‧hol

    Noun

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    alcohol (countable and uncountable, plural alcohols)

    2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
    3. (pharmacology, colloquial) Ethanol.
    4. (uncountable) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
      • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
        Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
    5. (obsolete) Any very fine powder.

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    Descendants

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    • → Arabic: كُحُول (kuḥūl)
    • → Korean: 알코올 (alkool), 알콜 (alkol)
    • → Malay: alkohol
    • → Swahili: alkoholi
    • → Tok Pisin: alkohol

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    References

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    1. ^ “Etymology of Alcohol”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2008 December 31 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 June 2011
    2. ^ Nicolae Sfetcu, Health & Drugs: Disease, Prescription & Medication (2014)

    Asturian

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    Noun

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    alcohol m (plural alcoholes)

    1. alcohol

    Catalan

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    alcohol m (plural alcohols)

    1. (organic chemistry, countable) alcohol
    2. (uncountable) alcohol
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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin alcohol or Spanish alcohol, of Arabic origin.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.koːˌɦɔl/
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    • Hyphenation: al‧co‧hol

    Noun

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    alcohol m (plural alcoholen)

    1. (countable, organic chemistry) alcohol (class of compounds)
    2. (uncountable) alcohol (ethanol specifically)
      De suikers worden omgezet in alcohol. ― The sugars are converted into alcohol.
    3. (uncountable) alcoholic beverages, collectively
      Synonym: drank
      Hyponym: sterke drank
      Hij zit iets te vaak aan de alcohol. ― He drinks alcoholic beverages a bit too often.

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    French

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    alcohol m (plural alcohols)

    1. (rare) Alternative spelling of alcool

    Galician

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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    alcohol m (plural alcohois)

    1. alcohol
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    Interlingua

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    Noun

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    alcohol (uncountable)

    1. alcohol (ethanol)
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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    From Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl), اَلْقُحُول (al-quḥūl), earlier اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”). Ultimately from Akkadian.

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    alcohol n (genitive alcoholis); third declension

    1. (Medieval Latin) kohl, collyrium, stibium
    2. (Medieval Latin) any other powder obtained from triturating a material
      alcohol ferrī ― rubbed file dust of iron
    3. (Medieval Latin) distilled essence, spirit
    4. (Medieval Latin) alcohol

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    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative alcohol alcohola
    genitive alcoholis alcoholum
    dative alcoholī alcoholibus
    accusative alcohol alcohola
    ablative alcohole alcoholibus
    vocative alcohol alcohola

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    References

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    • alcohol in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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    Noun

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    alcohol oblique singular, m (oblique plural alcohous or alcohox or alcohols, nominative singular alcohous or alcohox or alcohols, nominative plural alcohol)

    1. alcohol

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    Romanian

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    alcohol m (plural alcoholi)

    1. Obsolete form of alcool.

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative alcohol alcoholul alcoholi alcoholii
    genitive-dative alcohol alcoholului alcoholi alcoholilor
    vocative alcoholule alcoholilor

    References

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    • alcohol in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥū́l), from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

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    alcohol m (plural alcoholes)

    1. alcohol
    2. (mineralogy) galena
    3. (cosmetics) kohl, stibnite

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    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    From English alcohol, from Middle French alcohol or Spanish alcohol, from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol of Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

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    Noun

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    alcohol m (plural alcoholau)

    1. (alcoholic beverages) alcohol
      Synonym: gwirf

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of alcohol
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    alcohol unchanged unchanged halcohol

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “alcohol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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