nicotine

English

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Etymology

From Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɪkətiːn/

Noun

nicotine (usually uncountable; plural nicotines)

1. (chemistry) An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.

Translations

addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco

Arabic: نيكوتين (ar) (nikutiin) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 尼古丁 (cmn) (nígǔdīng) Czech: nikotin (cs) m. Esperanto: nikotino (eo) Finnish: nikotiini (fi) French: nicotine (fr) f. German: Nikotin (de) n. Greek: νικοτίνη (el) (nikotíni) Hebrew: ניקוטין (he) (nikotín) m. Hindi: निकोटीन (hi) (nikōṭīn) Hungarian: nikotin (hu) Ido: nikotino (io)

Italian: nicotina (it) f. Japanese: ニコチン (ja) (nikochin) Korean: 니코틴 (ko) (nikotin) Latin: nicotina (la) f. Polish: nikotyna (pl) f. Russian: никотин (ru) (nikotín) m. Spanish: nicotina (es) f. Swahili: nikotin (sw) Swedish: nikotin (sv) n. Thai: สารนีโคะทีน (th) (săan nee-kó-tee-nor) Turkish: nikotin (tr) Vietnamese: nhựa thuốc (vi), nicôtin (vi) Volapük: nikotin (vo)

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• cotinine

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French

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Noun

nicotine f. (usually uncountable)

1. nicotine (alkaloid)

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Italian

Noun

nicotine f.

1. Plural form of nicotina.

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