alkoholulo

Esperanto

Etymology

alkoholo (“alcohol”) +‎ -ulo (“person”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alkohoˈlulo]

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧ho‧lu‧lo

Noun

alkoholulo (accusative singular alkoholulon, plural alkoholuloj, accusative plural alkoholulojn)

1. alcoholic (person suffering from alcoholism)

   Synonym: dipsomaniulo

   Hypernym: drinkemulo

   • 1998, Zlatko Tišljar, chapter 8, in Eǔropa Identeco:

     Alian fojon la parlamentano diris, ke la sveda ŝtato organizis komisionon por politiko pri alkoholismo kaj la interpretisto tradukis, ke Svedio organizis grupon da alkoholuloj...

     Another time, the parliamentarian said that the Swedish government was setting up a commission on policies toward alcoholism and the interpreter’s version was (lit. the interpreter translated that) Sweden was setting up a group of alcoholics...