Meanings
nounalcoholysis (countable and uncountable, plural alcoholyses)
plural alcoholyses
- countableuncountablechemistrySolvolysis using an alcohol.
Origin
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
- Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
- Englishalcoholysis
Translations
Polish alkoholiza
- alkoholizasolvolysis using an alcohol
Portuguese alcoólise
- alcoólisesolvolysis using an alcohol
Russian алкоголиз
- алкоголиз (alkogoliz)solvolysis using an alcohol
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with alcoholysis
hydrolysiselectrolysisproteolysispyrolysisglycolysishemolysisrhabdomyolysisautolysisosteolysiscytolysisglycogenolysisacantholysisacetolysisachromatolysisacidolysisadipolysisangiolysisbacteriolysiscardiolysischemolysischromatolysiscollagenolysisenterolysiserythrolysis
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
alcoholysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcoholysis
MLA
“alcoholysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcoholysis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alcoholysis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcoholysis.
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