LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

alcohol

alcohol n (genitive alcohōlis)
Classical[ˈaɫ.ko.(ɦ)ɔɫ]Ecclesiastical[ˈal.ko.ol]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinneuterkohl, collyrium, stibium
  2. Medieval Latinneuterany other powder obtained from triturating a material
    alcohol ferrīrubbed file dust of iron
  3. Medieval Latinneuterdistilled essence, spirit
  4. Medieval Latinneuteralcohol

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealcoholalcohōla
genitivealcohōlisalcohōlum
dativealcohōlīalcohōlibus
accusativealcoholalcohōla
ablativealcohōlealcohōlibus
vocativealcoholalcohōla

Origins

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcohol Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl), from Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanalcohol
  • Frenchalcoolfrom Old French alcohol
  • Englishalcoolfrom Old French alcohol
  • Romanianalcoolfrom Old French alcohol
  • Frenchalcoholfrom Old French alcohol
  • Englishalcoholfrom Old French alcohol
  • GermanAlkohol
  • GermanAlcohol
  • Italianalcool
  • Italianalcol
Serbo-Croatian
  • Latin scriptàlkohol
  • Cyrillic scriptа̀лкохол

Quick answers

What does alcohol mean in Latin?
alcohol, a noun, means “kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder obtained from triturating a material; distilled essence, spirit”.
What is the genitive of alcohol?
The genitive singular is alcohōlis. alcohol is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce alcohol?
In classical Latin, [ˈaɫ.ko.(ɦ)ɔɫ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈal.ko.ol].