sobriety

English

Etymology

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ti/, [səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səˈbɹɑɪ.ə.ti/, [səˈbɹɑɪ.ə.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɪɪti

Noun

sobriety (countable and uncountable, plural sobrieties)

1. The quality or state of being sober.
   1. The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
   2. The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.
   3. The state or quality of being unhurried; a state of calm.
   4. A state of moderation or seriousness.
   5. Modesty in color or style.
2. Soundness of judgment.

Synonyms

• (quality or state of not being intoxicated): soberness; see also Thesaurus:drunkenness#Antonyms

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “quality or state of not being intoxicated”): drunkenness, intoxication; see also Thesaurus:drunkenness

Derived terms

• field sobriety test
• insobriety

Related terms

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

Translations

quality or state of being sober

• Bulgarian: трезвеност (bg) f (trezvenost)
• Czech: střízlivost (cs) f
• French: sobriété (fr) f
• Georgian: სიფხიზლე (sipxizle)
• German: Nüchternheit (de) f, Ernsthaftigkeit (de) f (of character), Gedecktheit f (of colours)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌴𐌹 f (gafraþjei)
• Greek: νηφαλιότητα (el) f (nifaliótita)
• Hungarian: józanság (hu)
• Japanese: しらふ (ja) (shirafu)
• Latin: sōbrietās f
• Portuguese: sobriedade (pt) f
• Romanian: sobrietate (ro), cumpătare (ro)
• Russian: тре́звость (ru) f (trézvostʹ)
• Slovak: triezvosť f
• Spanish: austeridad (es) f
• Swedish: nykterhet (sv)
• Turkish: ayıklık (tr)
• Ukrainian: твере́зість f (tverézistʹ)

quality or state of not being intoxicated

• Afrikaans: nugterheid
• Czech: střízlivost (cs) f
• Finnish: raittius (fi), selvyys (fi)
• Georgian: სიფხიზლე (sipxizle)
• German: Nüchternheit (de) f
• Greek: νηφαλιότητα (el) f (nifaliótita)

  Ancient: νηφαλισμός f (nēphalismós)

• Portuguese: sobriedade (pt)
• Russian: тре́звость (ru) f (trézvostʹ)
• Slovak: triezvosť f
• Spanish: sobriedad (es) f
• Swedish: nykterhet (sv)
• Turkish: ayıklık (tr)

Further reading

• sobriety on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sorbyite