"teetotal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /tiːˈtəʊtəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teetotal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more teetotal [comparative], most teetotal [superlative]
Etymology: From total, the reduplicated tee being an intensifier – “T-total”, 1830s. Etymology templates: {{m|en|total}} total Head templates: {{en-adj}} teetotal (comparative more teetotal, superlative most teetotal)
  1. Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol. Categories (topical): Drinking Synonyms: on the wagon, straightedge Translations (abstinent from alcohol): въздържателен (vǎzdǎržatelen) (Bulgarian), karske (Estonian), raivoraitis (Finnish), abstinent (French), gänzlich enthaltsam (German), völlig abstinent (German), astemio (Italian), 滴酒不沾的 (Mandarin), тре́звенник (trézvennik) [masculine] (Russian), тре́звенница (trézvennica) [feminine] (Russian), abstemio (Spanish), llwyrymwrthodol (Welsh), dirwestol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-teetotal-en-adj-GuPK0t2n Disambiguation of Drinking: 40 25 0 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 4 1 48 Disambiguation of 'abstinent from alcohol': 93 7 0
  2. Opposed to the drinking of alcohol. Categories (topical): Drinking Translations (opposed to the drinking of alcohol): raivoraitis (Finnish), abstemio (Spanish), llwyrymwrthodol (Welsh), dirwestol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-teetotal-en-adj-L0GlKEBl Disambiguation of Drinking: 40 25 0 34 Disambiguation of 'opposed to the drinking of alcohol': 9 91 0
  3. (dated, emphatic) Total. Tags: dated, emphatic Translations (total): total (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-teetotal-en-adj-7J94mlk1 Disambiguation of 'total': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: teetotaller, teetotaler, teetotally, teetotalling, teetotalism Related terms: abstain, temperance

Noun [English]

IPA: /tiːˈtəʊtəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teetotal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: teetotals [plural]
Etymology: From total, the reduplicated tee being an intensifier – “T-total”, 1830s. Etymology templates: {{m|en|total}} total Head templates: {{en-noun}} teetotal (plural teetotals)
  1. One who abstains from drinking alcohol. Categories (topical): Drinking Synonyms: teetotaler, pioneer Translations (Translations): въздържател (vǎzdǎržatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), afholdsmand [common-gender] (Danish)
    Sense id: en-teetotal-en-noun-yQiaHfwO Disambiguation of Drinking: 40 25 0 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 4 1 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzdǎržatel",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "въздържател"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afholdsmand"
    }
  ],
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    "Teetotalism",
    "Teetotalism#Etymology"
  ],
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}

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