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nonalcoholic

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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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

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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