elalcohol
masculine
/alˈkol/
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Translation
alcohol
Word origin
From Arabic al-kuhl, originally a fine powder of antimony used as eye make-up. The sense narrowed through alchemy to the distilled spirit we know today.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Root
- al-kuhl
- English cognates
- kohl
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralalcoholes
Examples
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I do not drink alcohol when I have to drive.
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The doctor told him to give up alcohol.
bebida .
This drink contains no alcohol at all.
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Alcohol does a lot of damage to your health.
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They cleaned the wound with alcohol before leaving.
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