Alcohol

English-Latin

alcohol, n.

1. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity.
   • alcohol (-is, neut.)
   • temetum (-i, neut.)

Latin-English

alcŏh|ol, -ōlis. (ˈal.ko.ol) neut. or masc.
or alcŏhōl|um, -ī. (al.koˈo.lum) neut.

1. Alcohol; in neut. plur. alcoholia, alcoholic beverages.

[Arabic الكحول al-kuhūl or similar. || The Anglicized form is identical.]

Forms and gender

Ephemeris varies between alcohol masc. and neut. YLE’s Nuntii Latini varies between alcohol neut. and alcoholum.

Adjective constructions

• alcohol purum pure alcohol
• alcohol [alicui] damnosum alcohol injurious [to smth.]

Noun constructions

• usus alcoholis use of alcohol
  • usus alcoholis moderatus
• millesimae (partes) alcoholis ‰ alcohol

Verb constructions

• alcohol bibere drink alcohol
• alcohol sumere consume alcohol
• alcohol confundere to distill or produce alcohol