teetotaler

English

Alternative forms

teetotaller (British)

Etymology

teetotal +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːtəʊtələ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: tee‧to‧tal‧er

Noun

teetotaler (plural teetotalers)

(American spelling) A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.

Related terms

Translations

person who completely abstains from alcohol

Afrikaans: geheelonthouer (af)
Arabic: مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْخُمُور‎ (mumtaniʕ ʕan al-ḵumūr), مُمْتَنِع عَنْ الْمُسْكِرَات‎ (mumtaniʕ ʕan al-muskirāt), مُمْتَنِع عَنْ شُرْب الْكُحُول‎ (mumtaniʕ ʕan šurb al-kuḥūl)
Catalan: abstemi (ca) m, aiguader m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 滴酒不沾的人
Czech: abstinent (cs) m, abstinentka (cs) f
Danish: afholdsmand (da) c
Dutch: geheelonthouder (nl) m, geheelonthoudster f
Esperanto: abstinenculo
Finnish: absolutisti (fi), raitis (fi), maitopoika
French: abstème (fr) m or f, abstinent (fr) m, abstinente (fr) f, néphaliste (fr) m or f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Abstinenzler (de) m, Abstinenzlerin (de) f, Antialkoholiker (de) m, Antialkoholikerin (de) f, Temperenzler m, Temperenzlerin f, Alkoholgegner m, Alkoholgegnerin f, Abstinent m (Swiss German), Abstinentin f (Swiss German), Nichttrinker (de) m, Nichttrinkerin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὑδατοπότης m (hudatopótēs)
Hungarian: antialkoholista (hu)
Irish: staonaire m
Italian: astemio (it) m, astemia (it) f
Japanese: 下戸 (ja) (geko)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Maori: wainamu, tītotara
Polish: abstynent (pl) m, abstynentka (pl) f, niepijący m, niepijąca f
Portuguese: abstémio (pt) m (Portugal), abstémia f (Portugal), abstêmio (pt) m (Brazil), abstêmia f (Brazil)
Romanian: abstinent (ro) m, antialcoolic (ro) m
Russian: тре́звенник (ru) m (trézvennik), тре́звенница (ru) f (trézvennica)
Slovak: abstinent m, abstinentka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: abstinenclaŕ m, antialkoholikaŕ m
Spanish: abstemio (es) m, abstemia f
Swedish: absolutist (sv) c, helnykterist (sv) c, nykterist (sv) c
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: llwyrymwrthodwr m, dirwestwr m, llwyrymataliwr m

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