alcoholism

English

Etymology

alcohol +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔlˌɪzəm/[1][2][3][4] /ˈælkəhɒlˌɪzəm/[1][3]
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈælkəhɒlˌɪzəm/[3][4][5][6]

Noun

alcoholism (usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
Synonym: dipsomania
(pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.

Derived terms

-holism

Related terms

alcoholic

Translations

chronic disease

Arabic: كُحُولِيَّة‎ f (kuḥūliyya)
Armenian: հարբեցողություն (hy) (harbecʿołutʿyun), ալկոհոլիզմ (hy) (alkoholizm)
Asturian: alcoholismu m
Belarusian: алкагалі́зм m (alkahalízm)
Bulgarian: алкохоли́зъм (bg) (alkoholízǎm)
Catalan: alcoholisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 酗酒 (zh) (xùjiǔ)
Czech: alkoholismus (cs) m, alkoholizmus (cs) m
Danish: alkoholisme
Dutch: alcoholisme (nl)
Esperanto: alkoholismo
Estonian: alkoholism (et)
Finnish: alkoholismi (fi)
French: alcoolisme (fr) m
Galician: alcoholismo m
Georgian: ალკოჰოლიზმი (alḳoholizmi)
German: Alkoholismus (de) m, Alkoholkrankheit f
Greek: αλκοολισμός (el) m (alkoolismós)
Hindi: शराबीपन m (śarābīpan)
Hungarian: alkoholizmus (hu)
Italian: alcolismo (it)

Japanese: アルコール依存症 (アルコールいぞんしょう, arukōru izonshō), アル中 (アルちゅう, aruchū)
Kalmyk: әркнчллһн (ärknçllhn)
Kazakh: маскүнемдік (maskünemdik)
Korean: 알코올 의존증 (alkool uijonjeung)
Macedonian: алкохоли́зам m (alkoholízam)
Maori: waranga waipiro
Norman: alcoolisme m
Portuguese: alcoolismo (pt) m, etilismo m
Romanian: alcoolism (ro) n
Russian: алкоголи́зм (ru) m (alkogolízm)
Scottish Gaelic: tinneas na dighe m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: alkoholizam m, alkoholija f
Slovak: alkoholizmus (sk) m
Slovene: alkoholizem m
Spanish: alcoholismo (es) m
Swedish: alkoholism (sv) c
Thai: โรคพิษสุราเรื้อรัง (rôok-pít-sù-raa-rʉ́ʉa-rang)
Turkish: alkoliklik
Ukrainian: алкоголі́зм (uk) m (alkoholízm)
Vietnamese: chứng nghiện rượu
Yiddish: אַלקאָהאָליזם‎ m (alkoholizm)

acute alcohol poisoning

Bulgarian: алкохолно отравяне n (alkoholno otravjane)
Catalan: alcoholisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醇類中毒, 醇类中毒 (chúnlèi zhòngdú), 醇中毒 (chúnzhòngdú), 酒精中毒 (zh) (jiǔjīng zhòngdú)
Czech: otrava alkoholem f
Finnish: alkoholimyrkytys (fi)
German: Alkoholvergiftung (de) f
Greek: οξεία δηλητηρίαση από αιθανόλη f (oxeía dilitiríasi apó aithanóli)

Japanese: アルコール中毒 (アルコールちゅうどく, arukōru chūdoku)
Korean: 알코올 중독 (alkool jungdok)
Portuguese: intoxicação alcoólica f
Russian: алкого́льное отравле́ние n (alkogólʹnoje otravlénije)
Spanish: alcoholismo (es) m
Swedish: alkoholförgiftning c
Turkish: alkolizm (tr)
Ukrainian: алкого́льне отру́єння n (alkohólʹne otrújennja)

References

“alcoholism” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“alcoholism” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
“alcoholism” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
“alcoholism” (US) / “alcoholism” (UK) in Macmillan Dictionary
“alcoholism” (US) / “alcoholism” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
“alcoholism” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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