inebriation

English

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātiōnem (“drunkenness”), from inēbriō (“intoxicate”), from ēbrius (“drunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌniːbɹiˈeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inebriation (countable and uncountable, plural inebriations)

1. The state or characteristic of drunkenness.

   Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriacy; see also Thesaurus:drunkenness

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:drunkenness

   in a state of inebriation

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁egʷʰ-‎ (0 c, 19 e)

Translations

state or characteristic of drunkenness

• Catalan: embriaguesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醉 (zh) (zuì), 陶醉 (zh) (táozuì), 迷醉 (zh) (mízuì)

• Dutch: dronkenschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: ebriiĝo
• Finnish: päihtymys (fi) (state)
• Galician: embriaguez (gl) f
• Georgian: დათრობა (datroba), სიმთვრალე (simtvrale), თრობა (troba)
• German: Trunkenheit (de), Betrunkenheit (de), Rausch (de)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 f (drugkanei)
• Greek: μέθη (el) f (méthi), μεθύσι (el) n (methýsi)
• Ido: ebrieso (io)
• Irish: meisce f, meisceoireacht f, druncaeireacht f
• Italian: ebbrezza (it), ubriachezza (it), sbornia (it)
• Japanese: 酩酊 (ja) (meitei)
• Korean: 명정 (ko) (myeongjeong)
• Portuguese: embriaguez (pt) f, inebriamento m, inebriação f
• Russian: опьяне́ние (ru) (opʹjanénije)
• Slovak: opilosť f
• Spanish: embriaguez (es) f, ebriedad (es) f
• Telugu: మత్తు (te) (mattu)