aconite

English

Etymology

From French aconit, from Latin aconitum, from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akoniton).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈækənaɪt/

Noun

aconite (plural aconites)

1. (botany) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
2. (toxicology) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.

Synonyms

• (herb) wolfsbane, monkshood

Translations

herb wolfsbane

Azeri: akonit (az) Catalan: acònit (ca), tora (ca) Dutch: monnikskap (nl) Esperanto: akonito (eo) Finnish: ukonhattu (fi) French: aconit (fr) German: Eisenhut (de) Hindi: बच्छनाभ (hi) Hungarian: sisakvirág (hu) Ido: akonito (io) Irish: dáthabha (ga) m., dáthabha dubh (ga) m. Italian: aconito (it) Japanese: トリカブト (ja) (torikabuto) Kazakh: уқорғасындар (kk) (uqorghasındar) Lithuanian: kurpelė (lt) Macedonian: едич (mk) (edič) Nepali: विष (ne)

Norwegian: hjelm (no) Nynorsk: hjelm (nn) Persian: تاج‌الملوک (fa) Picard: qheudleu Polish: tojad (pl) Portuguese: acônito (pt) Russian: борец (ru) (boréc) m., аконит (ru) (akonít) m. Saterland Frisian: Poatermutse Serbian: једић (sr) (jedić) Serbo-Croatian: jedić (sh) Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: črijki (hsb) Spanish: acónito (es) m. Swedish: stormhatt (sv) Turkish: kurtboğan (tr) Ukrainian: борець (uk) (borets')

Anagrams

• acetoin, antoeci, antœci

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Latin

Adjective

aconīte

1. vocative masculine singular of aconītus