drunk
English
/dɹʌŋk/
adj
Definitions
- Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
- (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
- Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English drunke inherited from Old English druncen (drunk) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (drunk, intoxicated, drunken), *drinkaną (drink).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drinkaną
Gloss
drink
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
飲
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Drunksville English
- drunkalogue English
- drunkard English
- drunkie English
- drunkish English
- drunklike English
- drunkly English
- drunkness English
- drunkometer English
- drunky English
- permadrunk English
- semidrunk English
- undrunk English
- trinken German
- dronkaard Dutch, Flemish
- dronkeman Dutch, Flemish
- dronken Dutch, Flemish
- dronkenman Dutch, Flemish
- dronkenschap Dutch, Flemish
- slaapdronken Dutch, Flemish
- stomdronken Dutch, Flemish
- zegedronken Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰrenǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰreǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *drinkaną Proto-Germanic
- *drunkanaz Proto-Germanic
- *drunkanōną Proto-Germanic
- drucken Swedish
- sömndrucken Swedish
- drincan Old English
- druncen Old English
- druncnian Old English
- undruncen Old English
- windruncen Old English
- *druncard Middle English
- drunke Middle English
- drunken Middle English
- druncaeir Irish
- drekka Old Norse
- trincar Galician
- dronken Middle Dutch
- trinkan Old High German
- 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *drinkan gmw-pro
- drincan Old Dutch
- drinkan Old Dutch
- drunkan Old Dutch
- drinkan Old Saxon
- drinka Old Frisian
- drungu Sranan Tongo
- taṟangka Pitjantjatjara
- drincan Vandalic