caffeine

English

Alternative forms

• caffein

Etymology

From French caféine, from café (“coffee”) or German Coffein, from Kaffee (“coffee”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæfiːn/ or /kæˈfiːn/

Noun

caffeine (uncountable)

1. An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant of the central nervous system.

Translations

alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants

Arabic: كافيين (ar) (kafiyiin) m. Catalan: cafeïna (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 咖啡因 (cmn) (kāfēiyīn) Croatian: kofèīn (hr) m. Czech: kofein (cs) m. Danish: koffein (da) n. and c. Esperanto: kafeino (eo) Finnish: kofeiini (fi) French: caféine (fr) f. German: Koffein (de) n., Coffein (de) n. Greek: καφεΐνη (el) (kafeḯni̱) Hebrew: קפאין (he) Hindi: कैफीन (hi) (kaiphīn)

Hungarian: koffein (hu) Icelandic: koffín (is) n., (dated) kaffín (is) n. Italian: caffeina (it) f. Japanese: カフェイン (ja) (kafein) Korean: 카페인 (ko) (kapein) Malagasy: kafeinina (mg), kafeina (mg) Portuguese: cafeína (pt) f. Russian: кофеин (ru) (kofeín) m. Scottish Gaelic: caifein (gd) m. Spanish: cafeína (es) f. Swedish: koffein (sv) n. Thai: คาเฟอีน (th) (kaa-fay-een) Turkish: kafein (tr) Volapük: kafein (vo)

See also

• Caffeine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

caffeine f.

1. Plural form of caffeina.