alcohol-free

adjective

Containing no alcohol.

Similar
nonalcoholicnon-alcoholic
OriginOld English frēo ← Proto-West Germanic *friu ← Proto-Germanic *frijwaz →
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Meanings

adjectivealcohol-free (not comparable)
  1. not comparableContaining no alcohol.

    The Dutch brewery Bavaria immobilized yeast on a packed bed DEAE cellulose column for the industrial production of their alcohol-free beer (Meersman, 1992).

    2003, Andrew Geoffrey Howard Lea, John Raymond Piggott, Fermented Beverage Production, →ISBN, page 51

    Synonyms: nonalcoholic, non-alcoholic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveContaining no alcohol.

Similar
nonalcoholicnon-alcoholic
Also see
nonalcoholic

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalcohol
  8. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  10. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  12. Old Englishfrēo
  13. Englishalcohol-free

From alcohol + -free.

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Translations

Bulgarian безалкохолен
  • безалкохолен (bezalkoholen)containing no alcohol
Chinese Mandarin 無酒精的 /无酒精的, 不含酒精的
  • 無酒精的 /无酒精的 (wú jiǔjīng de)containing no alcohol
  • 不含酒精的 (bù hán jiǔjīng de)containing no alcohol
Czech nealkoholický
  • nealkoholickýcontaining no alcohol
Danish alkoholfri
  • alkoholfricontaining no alcohol
Dutch alcoholvrij
  • alcoholvrijcontaining no alcohol
Estonian alkoholivaba
  • alkoholivabacontaining no alcohol
Finnish alkoholiton
  • alkoholitoncontaining no alcohol
French sans alcool
  • sans alcoolcontaining no alcohol
German alkoholfrei
  • alkoholfreicontaining no alcohol
Hungarian alkoholmentes
  • alkoholmentescontaining no alcohol
Icelandic óáfengur, áfengislaus
  • óáfengurcontaining no alcohol
  • áfengislauscontaining no alcohol
Italian analcolico
  • analcolicocontaining no alcohol
Korean 무알코올
  • 무알코올 (mualkool)containing no alcohol
Norwegian Bokmål alkoholfri
  • alkoholfricontaining no alcohol
Polish bezalkoholowy
  • bezalkoholowycontaining no alcohol
Portuguese sem álcool
  • sem álcoolcontaining no alcohol
Romanian nealcoolic
  • nealcooliccontaining no alcohol
Russian безалкого́льный
  • безалкого́льный (bezalkogólʹnyj)containing no alcohol
Spanish sin alcohol
  • sin alcoholcontaining no alcohol
Swedish alkoholfri
  • alkoholfricontaining no alcohol
Turkish alkolsüz
  • alkolsüzcontaining no alcohol
Ukrainian безалкого́льний
  • безалкого́льний (bezalkohólʹnyj)containing no alcohol
Welsh dialcohol
  • dialcoholcontaining no alcohol
Cite this entry
APA

alcohol-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcohol-free

MLA

“alcohol-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcohol-free. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alcohol-free,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcohol-free.

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