How do you say “alcohol” in Vietnamese?

“Alcohol” in Vietnamese is rượu (liquor), cồn (alcohol).

Vietnamese words for “alcohol”

• rượuListennoun
  Hanoi [ziəw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ɹɨəw˨˩˨]rượu heavy

  liquor

  for “alcohol” meaning: Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

  • Tom uống rượu dù không nên.Tom drinks alcohol even though he shouldn't.
• cồnListennoun
  Hanoi [kon˨˩] · Saigon [koŋ˨˩]cồn falling

  alcohol; ethanol

  • Ethanol là một loại chất cồn.Ethanol is an alcohol.

Related Vietnamese words

• ancolListennoun

  alcohol

• menListennoun

  yeast; enzyme

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.