adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcohol-free
Antonyms: alcoholic
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not involving alcohol as its cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: alcoholic
3
noun
Meaning 3
One who is not an alcoholic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A nonalcoholic beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
characterized by the absence of alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
nonalcoholic beverages
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: alcoholic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- 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 English nonalcoholic From non- + alcoholic.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
безалкаго́льны
(bjezalkahólʹny)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Carpathian Rusyn:
неалкоголо́вый
(nealkoholóvŷj)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Chinese Mandarin:
非酒精性
(fēijiǔjīngxìng)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Chinese Mandarin:
無酒精 /无酒精
(wú jiǔjīng)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Czech:
nealkoholický
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Estonian:
alkoholivaba
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Finnish:
alkoholiton
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
French:
non alcoolisé
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
French:
sans alcool
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Georgian:
არაალკოჰოლური
(araalḳoholuri)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Georgian:
უალკოჰოლო
(ualḳoholo)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
German:
alkoholfrei
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Hindi:
अमादक
(amādak)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Hungarian:
alkoholmentes
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Japanese:
ノンアルコール
(non'arukōru)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Korean:
논알코올
(nonalkool)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Korean:
비알코올
(bialkool)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Macedonian:
безалкохо́лен
(bezalkohólen)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Norwegian Bokmål:
alkoholfri
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Norwegian Nynorsk:
alkoholfri
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Persian:
غیرالکلی
(ġeyre-alkoli)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Polish:
bezalkoholowy
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Romanian:
nealcoolic
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Russian:
безалкого́льный
(bezalkogólʹnyj)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Slovak:
nealkoholický
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Slovak:
nealko
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Slovene:
brezalkoholen
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Spanish:
analcohólico
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Spanish:
sin alcohol
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Turkish:
alkolsüz
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Ukrainian:
безалкого́льний
(bezalkohólʹnyj)
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol
Welsh:
dialcohol
— containing at most trace amounts of alcohol