Viagra

See also: viagra

English

Etymology

Marketing name, perhaps from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá, “tiger”), or perhaps based on words such as vigour, virility, victory and Niagara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪˈæɡɹə/

Proper noun

Viagra

1. (pharmacology) A brand name of the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction. [from 1990s]

   Synonym: love pill

   • 2004, Jayson Gallaway, Diary of a Viagra Fiend, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 49:

     Just like any other drug that elevates any aspect or level of performance, Viagra has a pretty harsh comedown, so to speak.

Translations

trademark name of the drug, sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction

• Arabic: فِيَاغْرَا f (fiyāḡrā), فِيَاجْرَا f (fiyāgrā)
• Catalan: Viagra
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偉哥／伟哥 (zh) (Wěigē)

• Finnish: Viagra
• German: Viagra (de) n
• Japanese: バイアグラ (Baiagura)
• Korean: 비아그라 (Biageura)
• Navajo: náʼoołjiłi azeeʼ
• Russian: Виа́гра f (Viágra)
• Spanish: Viagra f
• Tagalog: Bayagra (informal only)

Further reading

• “Viagra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Viagra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aragvi