inebriation

English

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātiōnem (“drunkenness”)[1], from inēbriō (“intoxicate”), from ēbrius (“drunk”).[2]

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inebriation (countable and uncountable, plural inebriations)

The state or characteristic of drunkenness.

Synonyms

drunkenness, inebriacy; see also Thesaurus:drunkenness

Antonyms

See also Thesaurus:drunkenness#Antonyms

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/ebrious' title='ebrious'>ebrious</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/ensober' title='ensober'>ensober</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriacy' title='inebriacy'>inebriacy</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriant' title='inebriant'>inebriant</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriate' title='inebriate'>inebriate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriated' title='inebriated'>inebriated</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriation' title='inebriation'>inebriation</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebriety' title='inebriety'>inebriety</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inebrious' title='inebrious'>inebrious</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/insobriety' title='insobriety'>insobriety</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sober' title='sober'>sober</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberer' title='soberer'>soberer</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberize' title='soberize'>soberize</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberly' title='soberly'>soberly</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/soberness' title='soberness'>soberness</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sobersides' title='sobersides'>sobersides</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/sobriety' title='sobriety'>sobriety</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unebriate' title='unebriate'>unebriate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unsober' title='unsober'>unsober</a>

Translations

state or characteristic of drunkenness

Catalan: embriaguesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醉，陶醉，迷醉
Dutch: dronkenschap (nl) f
Esperanto: ebriiĝo
Galician: embriaguez (gl) f
German: Trunkenheit, Betrunkenheit (de)
Greek: μέθη (el) f (méthi), μεθύσι (el) n (methýsi)
Ido: ebrieso (io)
Irish: meisce f, meisceoireacht f, druncaeireacht f

Italian: ebbrezza (it), ubriachezza (it), sbornia (it)
Japanese: 酩酊 (ja) (meitei)
Korean: 명정 (ko) (myeongjeong)
Portuguese: embriaguez (pt) f, inebriamento m, inebriação f
Russian: опьяне́ние (ru) (opʹjanénije)
Slovak: opilosť f
Spanish: embriaguez (es) f, ebriedad (es) f
Telugu: మత్తు (te) (mattu)

References

“inebriation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
“inebriate” in Michael Agnes, editor-in-chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN; reproduced on the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

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[1] “inebriation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

[2] “inebriate” in Michael Agnes, editor-in-chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN; reproduced on the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.