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English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular alcoholic

Plural alcoholics

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

  1. A person addicted to alcohol.
    Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
    Daddy was an alcoholic - Starsailor - Alcoholic
  2. One who abuses alcohol.

Antonyms

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

Positive alcoholic

Comparative more alcoholic

Superlative most alcoholic
  1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
  2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
    He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
    The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism

Antonyms

Translations

of or pertaining to alcohol
  • Arabic: روحي ar(ar) (ruuHiy), كحولي ar(ar) (kuHuuliy)
  • Armenian: ալկոհոլային hy(hy) (alkoholayin)
  • Bulgarian: алкохолен bg(bg)
  • Croatian: alkoholni hr(hr)
  • Dutch: alcoholisch nl(nl)
  • Estonian: alkoholi- et(et)
  • Finnish: alkoholi-
  • French: alcoolique fr(fr)
  • Italian: alcolico it(it)
  • Japanese: アルコール入りの (arukōru-iri-no)
  • Latvian: alkoholisks
  • Macedonian: алкохолен mk(mk) (alkohólen)
  • Polish: alkoholowy m., alkoholowa f., alkoholowe n.
  • Romanian: alcoolic ro(ro)
  • Russian: алкогольный ru(ru) (alkogól'nyj)
  • Swedish: alkohol-
having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents
  • Italian: alcolico it(it)
  • Latvian: alkoholisks
  • Macedonian: алкохолен mk(mk) (alkohólen)
  • Romanian: (o băutură) alcoolică
  • Russian: алкогольный ru(ru) (alkogól'nyj)
  • Slovak: alkoholický sk(sk) m.
  • Swedish: alkoholhaltig sv(sv)
  • Turkish: alkollü tr(tr)
of alcoholism
  • Bulgarian: алкохоличен bg(bg)
  • Italian: alcolizzato it(it)
  • Macedonian: алкохоличарски mk(mk) (alkoholíčarski)

Related terms

See also

 

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