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noun 
  1. (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
  2. (context, organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group(-OH).
Translations: 
  • German: Alkohol(de)m
  • Italian: alcolico(it)m
  • Spanish:
Etymology: From or (term, alcohol, lang=fro) (modern French (term, alcool, lang=fr)) < (Arab.) (term, sc=ARchar, ÙÙ, ÙÙÙ, tr=al-kuÄl, kohl, lang=ar)

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