alcool

See also: álcool

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French alcool (“alcohol”). Doublet of alcohol and kohl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kuːl/

Noun

alcool (uncountable)

1. (Canada) grain alcohol, everclear

Anagrams

• calloo

French

Alternative forms

• alcohol (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.kɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

alcool m (plural alcools)

1. alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated spirits
2. spirits, hard liquor (strong alcoholic beverage, excludes wine, cider, beer)
   • 1951, Georges Simenon, Maigret en meublé:

     Il n’y a jamais une goutte d’alcool, ni même de vin dans la maison.

     There is never a drop of alcohol, not even (one of) wine in the house.

Derived terms

• alcoolique
• alcoolisé
• alcoolisme
• alcoologie
• alcoologue
• alcool de bois (wood alcohol)
• avoir l’alcool triste
• tenir l’alcool

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: alkòl
• Mauritian Creole: lalkol
• Seychellois Creole: lalkol
• → English: alcool
• → Khmer: អាកុល (ʼaakol)
• → Malagasy: alkola
• →? Norman: alcool
• → Romanian: alcool
• → Ottoman Turkish: آلقول (alkol)
• → Turkish: alkol
• → Persian: الکل (alkol)
• → Vietnamese: ancol, cồn

Further reading

• “alcool”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.kol/, (traditional, careful style) /ˈal.ko.ol/
• Rhymes: -alkol, (traditional, careful style) -alkool
• Hyphenation: (traditional, careful style) àl‧co‧ol

Noun

alcool m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of alcol; alcohol

Derived terms

• alcoolato
• alcoolazzato
• alcoolemia
• alcoolicità
• alcoolico
• alcoolimetria
• alcoolimetro
• alcoolismo
• alcoolista
• alcoolizzare
• alcooltest

 

Anagrams

• alloco, allocò

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French alcool.

Noun

alcool m (plural alcools)

1. (Jersey) alcohol

Derived terms

• alcoolisme (“alcoholism”)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• alcohol — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French alcool, from Latin alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [al.koˈol], [al.ˈkoːl]

• Audio:

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Noun

alcool n (plural alcooluri)

1. alcohol (intoxicating beverage)
2. alcohol (chemical compound containing ethanol)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alcool	alcoolul		alcooluri	alcoolurile
genitive-dative	alcool	alcoolului		alcooluri	alcoolurilor
vocative	alcoolule			alcoolurilor

Related terms

• alcoolic
• alcoolism
• alcooliza