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Is alcohol a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word alcohol is a Scrabble US word. The word alcohol is worth 12 points in Scrabble:
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Is alcohol a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word alcohol is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:
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Definitions and meaning of alcohol
alcohol
Etymology
Entered in the early 15th c. from Middle Englishalcofol, from Middle Frenchalcohol or Spanishalcohol, derived from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol transmitted in medical or alchemical literature of Arabicاَلْكُحْل(al-kuḥl, “kohl”), which in Andalusian Arabic also bore the form كُحُول(kuḥūl), قُحُول(quḥūl); bearing thus the meaning of stibnite first, then generalized in meaning to a powder obtained by triturating a material, then also to liquids obtained by boiling down, and specialized to mean spirit of wine, ethanol, in the 18th century, then the narrow chemical sense after 1850.
alcohol in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old French
Noun
alcoholoblique singular, m (oblique pluralalcohousoralcohoxoralcohols, nominative singularalcohousoralcohoxoralcohols, nominative pluralalcohol)
alcohol
Descendants
Middle French: alcohol
French: alcohol, alcool (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: alcofol
English: alcohol (see there for further descendants)
Romanian
Noun
alcoholm (pluralalcoholi)
Obsolete form of alcool.
Declension
References
alcohol in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabicاَلْكُحُول(al-kuḥū́l), from Arabicاَلْكُحْل(al-kuḥl, “kohl”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (common)/alˈkol/[alˈkol]
Rhymes: -ol
IPA(key): (careful speech)/alkoˈol/[al.koˈol]
Rhymes: -ol
Syllabification: al‧co‧hol
Noun
alcoholm (pluralalcoholes)
alcohol
(mineralogy) galena
(cosmetics) kohl, stibnite
Derived terms
Further reading
“alcohol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
Etymology
From Englishalcohol, from Middle Frenchalcohol or Spanishalcohol, from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol of Arabicاَلْكُحْل(al-kuḥl, “kohl”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈalkɔhɔl/
Noun
alcoholm (pluralalcoholau)
(alcoholic beverages)alcohol
Synonym:gwirf
Derived terms
alcoholaidd(“alcoholic”)
alcoholig(“alcoholic”)
alcoholiaeth(“alcoholism”)
dialcohol(“alcohol-free”)
heb alcohol(“alcohol-free”)
Related terms
diod feddwol(“intoxicating drink”)
diod gadarn(“strong drink”)
Mutation
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “alcohol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies