noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌælkəˈhɒlədʒi/
rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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noun
Meaning 1
The study of the effects of alcohol; on living organisms, people or social environments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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 Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English alcohology From alcohol + -ology, by haplology.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
alkohologia
— study of the effects of alcohol
French:
alcoologie
— study of the effects of alcohol
German:
Alkohologie
— study of the effects of alcohol
Italian:
alcologia
— study of the effects of alcohol
Polish:
alkohologia
— study of the effects of alcohol
Portuguese:
alcoologia
— study of the effects of alcohol
Spanish:
alcohología
— study of the effects of alcohol
Turkish:
alkoloji
— study of the effects of alcohol