opiate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (adjective, noun) IPA: /ˈəʊpɪiət/, SAMPA: /"@Upi:@t/
  • (verb) IPA: /ˈəʊˌpɪieɪt/, SAMPA: /"@Upi:%eIt/
• (US)
  • (adjective, noun) IPA: /ˈoʊpɪiət/, SAMPA: /"oUpi:@t/
  • (verb) IPA: /ˌoʊpɪieɪt/, SAMPA: /"oUpi:eIt/

Adjective

opiate (not comparable)

1. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
2. Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
3. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Noun

Wikipedia opiate (plural opiates)

1. A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
2. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

Hypernyms

• opioid

Translations

drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium

Czech: opiát (cs) m. Dutch: opiaat (nl) n. French: opiacé (fr) m. German: Opiat (de) n. Greek: οπιούχο (el) (opioúcho) n., οπιοειδές (el) (opioeidés) n.

Lithuanian: opiatas (lt) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: опѝја̄т (sh) m. Roman: opìjāt (sh) m. Spanish: opiato (es) m.

Verb

opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)

1. (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

See also

• codeine
• morphine
• papaverine
• thebaine

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Latin

Adjective

opiāte

1. vocative masculine singular of opiātus

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Lithuanian

Noun

opiate m.

1. locative singular form of opiatas.
2. vocative singular form of opiatas.