alkohoolne

Alkohoolne is an Estonian adjective meaning relating to alcohol or containing ethanol. It describes substances, beverages, or phenomena connected with alcohol. In everyday language it is used for things such as alkohoolne jook (an alcoholic beverage), alkohoolne lahus (an ethanol solution), or alkohoolne mõju (the effect of alcohol). The term applies to medical, scientific, and everyday contexts, though it does not by itself imply pathology.

Etymology and word formation: The form alkohoolne is built from the noun alkohol and the standard Estonian adjectival suffix -ne. The root alkohol denotes ethanol, a chemical compound widely used in beverages, fuels, and medicines. The word is used similarly in many languages and has a long-established presence in Estonian vocabulary.

Usage notes: In medical or public-health texts, alkohoolne can describe alcohol-related phenomena, for example alkohoolne mürgistus (alcohol intoxication) or alkohoolne kahjustus (alcohol-related damage). In nutrition or gastronomy, alkohoolne jook refers to any beverage containing ethanol. The term does not, in itself, specify addiction; for dependency terms, Estonian uses alkoholism or alkoholisõltuvus.