alkoholism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alkoholismus, Polish alkoholizm, or Russian алкоголизм (alkogolizm).

Noun

alkoholism (uncountable)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of alcoholism.
    • 1997 June 19, Klaus Günther Beck, “KZ-DEATH: PCHYSOMATIC DISEASE (NOT GAS)”, in alt.revisionism‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
      Yes, it is called alkoholism.
    • 1998 February 25, Elzbieta Maslak, “Lonely drinking”, in rec.food.drink‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
      What do you think about lonely drinking. Is it a sign of alkoholism ?
    • 1998 March 5, Bo Warming, “Moral Relativism: kz-Wilde and sado-masochism”, in alt.revisionism‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
      Diagnosis are said to be meningitis/alkoholism/syphilis/eardamage-from-fall-in-prison
    • 1999 June 27, Micke Ionas, “American vs Russian”, in fido7.ru.talk.english‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
      You're surely must know that americans mostly quiting smoking for now. And alkoholism is russian national problem.

Estonian

Noun

alkoholism (genitive alkoholismi, partitive alkoholismi)

  1. alcoholism

Declension
Declension of alkoholism (type riik)
singular plural
nominative alkoholism alkoholismid
genitive alkoholismi alkoholismide
partitive alkoholismi alkoholisme / alkoholismisid
illative alkoholismi / alkoholismisse alkoholismidesse / alkoholismesse
inessive alkoholismis alkoholismides / alkoholismes
elative alkoholismist alkoholismidest / alkoholismest
allative alkoholismile alkoholismidele / alkoholismele
adessive alkoholismil alkoholismidel / alkoholismel
ablative alkoholismilt alkoholismidelt / alkoholismelt
translative alkoholismiks alkoholismideks / alkoholismeks
terminative alkoholismini alkoholismideni
essive alkoholismina alkoholismidena
abessive alkoholismita alkoholismideta
comitative alkoholismiga alkoholismidega

Swedish

Etymology

From alkohol +‎ -ism, coined by Swedish doctor Magnus Huss, along with New Latin alcoholismus.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alkʊ(hʊ)ˈlɪsm/

Noun

alkoholism c

  1. alcoholism

Declension
Declension of alkoholism 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative alkoholism alkoholismen — —
Genitive alkoholisms alkoholismens — —

References
  1. alkoholism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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