sober
English
/ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)/
adj
Definitions
- not drunk; not intoxicated
- not given to excessive drinking of alcohol
- moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled
- dull; not bright or colorful
- subdued; solemn; grave
- (Scotland) poor; feeble
Etymology
Derived from Old French sobre derived from Latin sōbrius (sober) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (drink), *h₁egʷʰ- (drink).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁egʷʰ-
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
- ebrious English
- ensober English
- inebriant English
- insober English
- insobriety English
- sided English
- sides English
- sobereth English
- soberize English
- soberly English
- soberness English
- sobersided English
- sobersidedness English
- sobersides English
- sobriety English
- unsober English
- ebriacus Latin
- ebrio Latin
- inebriare Latin
- inebriatio Latin
- inebrio Latin
- inēbriātiō, inēbriātiōnem Latin
- sobrietas Latin
- sobrius Latin
- sōbrius Latin
- ēbrietātem Latin
- ēbrius Latin
- Sauberfrau German
- Sauberkeit German
- Saubermann German
- sauber German
- saubermachen German
- säuberlich German
- unsauber German
- ebbrezza Italian
- sobrio Italian
- sobre French
- sobrio Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁egʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ēgʷʰryos Proto-Indo-European
- sóbrio Portuguese
- syfre Old English
- sobre Old French
- sobri Catalan, Valencian
- sober Middle Dutch
- sūbar Old High German
- sobre Norman
- *sūbrī gmw-pro
- *sūvar Old Dutch
- yok- Tocharian B
- yok- Tocharian A
- *ʔégʷti Proto-Anatolian