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alcool
alcohol /alkoˈol/
noun#2018 most common
Also: liquor, spirits
Example sentences
Nu beau alcool.
I don't drink alcohol.
El nu bea niciodată alcool.
He never drinks alcohol.
Vânzarea de alcool minorilor este interzisă.
Selling alcohol to minors is forbidden.
Alcoolul din sângele lui era peste limita legală.
The alcohol in his blood was over the legal limit.
Consumul excesiv de alcool afectează grav ficatul.
Excessive alcohol consumption seriously damages the liver.
Legislația privind comercializarea alcoolului a fost modificată recent pentru a reduce consumul în rândul tinerilor.
The legislation on the sale of alcohol was recently amended to reduce consumption among young people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alcool | alcooluri |
| Genitive | alcoolului | alcoolurilor |
| Accusative | alcool | alcooluri |
| Vocative | alcool | alcooluri |
Word family
alcoolicalcoholic
alcoolismalcoholism
alcoolemieblood alcohol level
a alcoolizato add alcohol to something
dezalcoolizatdealcoholized, alcohol-free
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "alcool" from French "alcool" in the 19th century, during the wave of French-based modernization of Romanian vocabulary. French took the word from Medieval Latin "alcohol," which came from Arabic "al-kuhl," a fine powder of antimony used as eye makeup. The meaning shifted over centuries from "fine powder" to "distilled essence" and finally to "ethanol." Because the root is Arabic, not Indo-European, there is no Proto-Indo-European ancestor for this word.
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