adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
alcoholic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/
-
General-American: /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/
-
cot-caught-merger: /ˌæl.kəˈhɑ.lɪk/
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with -ɒlɪk
-
CMU ARPABET: AE2 L K AH0 HH AA1 L IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
- The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who is addicted to alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
One who abuses alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
characteristic of or containing alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- alcoholic drinks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonalcoholic
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
addicted to alcohol- Carl Van Doren
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- alcoholic expatriates in Paris
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcohol-dependent
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
268 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رُوحِيّ (rūḥiyy) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Arabic: كُحُولِيّ (kuḥūliyy) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Armenian: ալկոհոլային (alkoholayin) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Asturian: alcohólicu — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Bulgarian: алкохолен (alkoholen) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Catalan: alcohòlic — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 酒精的 (jiǔjīng de) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 含酒精的 (hán jiǔjīng de) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Dutch: alcoholisch — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Estonian: alkoholi- — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Finnish: alkoholi- — of or pertaining to alcohol
- French: alcoolique — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Galician: alcohólico — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Georgian: ალკოჰოლური (alḳoholuri) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Georgian: სპირტიანი (sṗirṭiani) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Greek: αλκοολικός (alkoolikós) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Hindi: मादक (mādak) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Hungarian: alkohol- — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Indonesian: alkoholik — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Italian: alcolico — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Japanese: アルコール入りの (arukōru-iri-no) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Latin: alcoholicus — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Latvian: alkoholisks — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Macedonian: алкохо́лен (alkohólen) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Norman: alcoolique — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Polish: alkoholowy — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Portuguese: alcoólico — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Romanian: alcoolic — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Russian: алкого́льный (alkogólʹnyj) — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Serbo-Croatian: alkoholni — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Spanish: alcohólico — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Swedish: alkohol- — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Welsh: alcoholig — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Welsh: alcoholaidd — of or pertaining to alcohol
- Armenian: ալկոհոլային (alkoholayin) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Asturian: alcohólicu — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Bulgarian: спиртен (spirten) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Bulgarian: алкохолен (alkoholen) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Catalan: alcohòlic — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Chinese Mandarin: 含酒精的 (hán jiǔjīng de) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Chinese Mandarin: 酒精性的 (jiǔjīngxìng de) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Czech: alkoholický — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Estonian: alkohoolne — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Finnish: alkoholipitoinen — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- French: alcoolisé — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Galician: alcohólico — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Georgian: ალკოჰოლური (alḳoholuri) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Georgian: სპირტიანი (sṗirṭiani) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- German: alkoholisch — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- German: alkoholhaltig — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Greek: αλκοολικός (alkoolikós) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Hindi: मादक (mādak) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Hungarian: alkoholos — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Interlingua: alcoholic — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Italian: alcolico — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Latvian: alkoholisks — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Macedonian: алкохо́лен (alkohólen) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Malay: beralkohol — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Norwegian Bokmål: alkoholholdig — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Portuguese: alcoólico — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Romanian: alcoolic — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Russian: алкого́льный (alkogólʹnyj) — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Serbo-Croatian: alkoholni — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Slovak: alkoholický — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Spanish: alcohólico — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Swedish: alkoholhaltig — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Turkish: alkollü — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Welsh: alcoholig — having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
- Bulgarian: алкохоличен (alkoholičen) — of alcoholism
- Catalan: alcohòlic — of alcoholism
- Chinese Mandarin: 酗酒的 (xùjiǔ de) — of alcoholism
- Chinese Mandarin: 酒精中毒的 (jiǔjīng zhòngdú de) — of alcoholism
- Finnish: alkoholisoitunut — of alcoholism
- Finnish: alkoholismi- — of alcoholism
- Galician: alcohólico — of alcoholism
- Greek: αλκοολικός (alkoolikós) — of alcoholism
- Italian: alcolizzato — of alcoholism
- Macedonian: алкохоличарски (alkoholičarski) — of alcoholism
- Malay: beralkohol — of alcoholism
- Polish: alkoholiczny — of alcoholism
- Arabic: سِكِّير (sikkīr) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Arabic: سِكِّيرَة (sikkīra) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Armenian: ալկոհոլիկ (alkoholik) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Armenian: ալկաշ (alkaš) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Azerbaijani: alkoqolik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Belarusian: алкаго́лік (alkahólik) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Belarusian: алкагалі́чка (alkahalíčka) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Bulgarian: алкохо́лик (alkohólik) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Bulgarian: алкохо́личка (alkohólička) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Catalan: alcohòlic — a person addicted to alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 酒精成癮者 /酒精成瘾者 (jiǔjīngchéngyǐnzhě) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Czech: alkoholik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Czech: alkoholička — a person addicted to alcohol
- Danish: alkoholiker — a person addicted to alcohol
- Dutch: alcoholist — a person addicted to alcohol
- Dutch: alcoholiste — a person addicted to alcohol
- Dutch: alcoholicus — a person addicted to alcohol
- Esperanto: alkoholulo — a person addicted to alcohol
- Estonian: alkohoolik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Estonian: joodik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Finnish: alkoholisti — a person addicted to alcohol
- French: alcoolique — a person addicted to alcohol
- Galician: alcohólico — a person addicted to alcohol
- Georgian: ალკოჰოლიკი (alḳoholiḳi) — a person addicted to alcohol
- German: Alkoholiker — a person addicted to alcohol
- German: Alkoholikerin — a person addicted to alcohol
- German: Alkoholkranker — a person addicted to alcohol
- German: Alkoholkranke — a person addicted to alcohol
- German: Alkoholsüchtiger — a person addicted to alcohol
- German: Alkoholsüchtige — a person addicted to alcohol
- Greek: αλκοολικός (alkoolikós) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Greek: αλκοολική (alkoolikí) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Hindi: पियक्कड़ (piyakkaṛ) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Hindi: शराबी (śarābī) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Hungarian: alkoholista — a person addicted to alcohol
- Indonesian: alkoholik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Irish: alcólach — a person addicted to alcohol
- Italian: alcoldipendente — a person addicted to alcohol
- Italian: alcolista — a person addicted to alcohol
- Italian: alcoolizzato — a person addicted to alcohol
- Japanese: アルコール中毒者 (arukōru-chūdokusha) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Kazakh: араққор (araqqor) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Kazakh: араққұмар (araqqūmar) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Kazakh: маскүнем (maskünem) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Kazakh: ішкіш (ışkış) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Khmer: អ្នកមានរោគស្រា (nĕək miən rook sraa) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Khmer: សុរាសោណ្ឌ (soraa saon) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Khmer: មនុស្សឱបឪទឹន (mɔnuh ʼaop ʼəwtɨn) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Khmer: សុរាបានក (soraa baa nɔɔ kɑɑ) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Korean: 알코올 중독자 (alkool jungdokja) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Kyrgyz: алкоголик (alkogolik) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Latvian: alkoholiķis — a person addicted to alcohol
- Latvian: alkoholiķe — a person addicted to alcohol
- Lithuanian: alkoholikas — a person addicted to alcohol
- Lithuanian: alkoholikė — a person addicted to alcohol
- Macedonian: алкохоличар (alkoholičar) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Macedonian: алкохоличарка (alkoholičarka) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Malay: kaki botol — a person addicted to alcohol
- Manx: sheer-veshtallagh — a person addicted to alcohol
- Māori: kaiwara waipiro — a person addicted to alcohol
- Māori: kiriwara waipiro — a person addicted to alcohol
- Norwegian Bokmål: alkoholiker — a person addicted to alcohol
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alkoholikar — a person addicted to alcohol
- Odia: ମଦୁଆ (maduā) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Persian: الکلی (alkoli) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Polish: alkoholik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Polish: alkoholiczka — a person addicted to alcohol
- Portuguese: alcoólatra — a person addicted to alcohol
- Portuguese: alcoólico — a person addicted to alcohol
- Romanian: alcoolic — a person addicted to alcohol
- Romanian: alcoolică — a person addicted to alcohol
- Russian: алкого́лик (alkogólik) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Russian: алкоголи́чка (alkogolíčka) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Russian: алка́ш (alkáš) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Serbo-Croatian: алкохо̀лича̄р — a person addicted to alcohol
- Serbo-Croatian: alkohòličār — a person addicted to alcohol
- Slovak: alkoholik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Slovak: alkoholička — a person addicted to alcohol
- Slovene: alkoholik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Slovene: alkoholičarka — a person addicted to alcohol
- Spanish: alcohólico — a person addicted to alcohol
- Spanish: escabiador — a person addicted to alcohol
- Swedish: alkoholist — a person addicted to alcohol
- Swedish: alkis — a person addicted to alcohol
- Swedish: fyllo — a person addicted to alcohol
- Swedish: suput — a person addicted to alcohol
- Swedish: fyllerist — a person addicted to alcohol
- Swedish: drinkare — a person addicted to alcohol
- Tajik: майзада (mayzada) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Telugu: తాగుబోతు (tāgubōtu) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Thai: ขี้เหล้า (kîi-lâo) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Thai: ขี้เมา (kîi-mao) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Thai: นักเลงสุรา (nák-leeng-sù-raa) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Turkish: alkolik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Turkish: ayyaş — a person addicted to alcohol
- Turkish: içkici — a person addicted to alcohol
- Turkish: küplü — a person addicted to alcohol
- Turkish: sünger — a person addicted to alcohol
- Ukrainian: алкого́лік (alkohólik) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Ukrainian: алкого́лічка (alkohólička) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Ukrainian: алкоголі́чка (alkoholíčka) — a person addicted to alcohol
- Uzbek: alkogolik — a person addicted to alcohol
- Vietnamese: người nghiện rượu — a person addicted to alcohol
- Volapük: lalkoholiälan — a person addicted to alcohol
- Arabic: سِكِّير (sikkīr) — one who abuses alcohol
- Arabic: خِمِّير (ḵimmīr) — one who abuses alcohol
- Arabic: مُعَاقِر (muʕāqir) — one who abuses alcohol
- Armenian: ալկոհոլիկ (alkoholik) — one who abuses alcohol
- Armenian: ալկաշ (alkaš) — one who abuses alcohol
- Belarusian: п'я́ніца (pʺjánica) — one who abuses alcohol
- Belarusian: прапо́йца (prapójca) — one who abuses alcohol
- Bulgarian: алкохо́лик (alkohólik) — one who abuses alcohol
- Bulgarian: алкохо́личка (alkohólička) — one who abuses alcohol
- Bulgarian: пия́ница (pijánica) — one who abuses alcohol
- Catalan: alcohòlic — one who abuses alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 酗酒者 (xùjiǔzhě) — one who abuses alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 嗜酒者 (shìjiǔzhě) — one who abuses alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 酗酒成性者 (xùjiǔchéngxìngzhě) — one who abuses alcohol
- Chinese Mandarin: 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ) — one who abuses alcohol
- Czech: alkoholik — one who abuses alcohol
- Czech: alkoholička — one who abuses alcohol
- Czech: opilec — one who abuses alcohol
- Czech: opilkyně — one who abuses alcohol
- Czech: pijan — one who abuses alcohol
- Czech: pijanka — one who abuses alcohol
- Danish: alkoholiker — one who abuses alcohol
- Estonian: alkohoolik — one who abuses alcohol
- Estonian: joodik — one who abuses alcohol
- Finnish: alkoholisti — one who abuses alcohol
- Finnish: juoppo — one who abuses alcohol
- French: alcoolique — one who abuses alcohol
- Galician: alcohólico — one who abuses alcohol
- Galician: alcohólica — one who abuses alcohol
- Georgian: ალკოჰოლიკი (alḳoholiḳi) — one who abuses alcohol
- German: Alkoholiker — one who abuses alcohol
- German: Alkoholikerin — one who abuses alcohol
- German: Alkoholkranker — one who abuses alcohol
- German: Alkoholkranke — one who abuses alcohol
- Greek: αλκοολικός (alkoolikós) — one who abuses alcohol
- Greek: αλκοολική (alkoolikí) — one who abuses alcohol
- Irish: alcólach — one who abuses alcohol
- Italian: alcolista — one who abuses alcohol
- Italian: alcolizzato — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: 小虎 (kodora) — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: 辛党 (karatō) — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: 飲兵衛 (nonbē) — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: アル中 (aru-chū) — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: 飲んだくれ (nondakure) — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: 愛飲家 (aiinka) — one who abuses alcohol
- Japanese: 酒飲み (sakenomi) — one who abuses alcohol
- Kazakh: араққор (araqqor) — one who abuses alcohol
- Kazakh: араққұмар (araqqūmar) — one who abuses alcohol
- Khmer: សុរាសោណ្ឌ (soraa saon) — one who abuses alcohol
- Korean: 술고래 (sulgorae) — one who abuses alcohol
- Korean: 대주가 (daejuga) — one who abuses alcohol
- Korean: 주보 (jubo) — one who abuses alcohol
- Latvian: alkoholiķis — one who abuses alcohol
- Macedonian: алкохоличар (alkoholičar) — one who abuses alcohol
- Macedonian: алкохоличарка (alkoholičarka) — one who abuses alcohol
- Macedonian: пијаница (pijanica) — one who abuses alcohol
- Malay: kaki botol — one who abuses alcohol
- Manx: sheer-veshtallagh — one who abuses alcohol
- Polish: alkoholik — one who abuses alcohol
- Polish: alkoholiczka — one who abuses alcohol
- Portuguese: alcoólatra — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: алкого́лик (alkogólik) — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: алкоголи́чка (alkogolíčka) — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: пья́ница (pʹjánica) — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: алка́ш (alkáš) — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: пропо́йца (propójca) — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: пьянчу́га (pʹjančúga) — one who abuses alcohol
- Russian: выпиво́ха (vypivóxa) — one who abuses alcohol
- Slovak: pijan — one who abuses alcohol
- Slovak: pijanka — one who abuses alcohol
- Slovene: pijanec — one who abuses alcohol
- Slovene: pijanka — one who abuses alcohol
- Spanish: alcohólico — one who abuses alcohol
- Spanish: escabiador — one who abuses alcohol
- Spanish: alcoholista — one who abuses alcohol
- Swedish: alkoholist — one who abuses alcohol
- Turkish: alkolik — one who abuses alcohol
- Turkish: ayyaş — one who abuses alcohol
- Turkish: içkici — one who abuses alcohol
- Ukrainian: пия́ка (pyjáka) — one who abuses alcohol
- Ukrainian: п'яни́ця (pʺjanýcja) — one who abuses alcohol
- Ukrainian: пите́ць (pytécʹ) — one who abuses alcohol
- Ukrainian: випива́ка (vypyváka) — one who abuses alcohol
- Ukrainian: п'янчу́га (pʺjančúha) — one who abuses alcohol
Real reading context