intoxication

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

intoxication (plural intoxications)

1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
3. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

Translations

poisoning

• Czech: otrava (cs) f
• Dutch: intoxicatie (nl) f
• French: intoxication (fr) f
• Hungarian: mámor (hu)

• Latvian: intoksikācija (lv) f, saindēšanās (lv)
• Romanian: intoxicație (ro) f

drunkenness

• Scottish Gaelic: daorach (gd) f, misg (gd) f, smùid (gd) f

excitement

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French

Etymology

From intoxiquer +‎ -tion

Noun

intoxication f (plural intoxications)

1. poisoning
2. the act of spreading false information or propaganda

Usage notes

In French, the word intoxication is used more broadly than in English to refer to the poisoning of an organism by a variety of means such as herbicide or poisonous gas as well as by alcohol or narcotics.