diazepam

See also: diazepám

English

the chemical structure of diazepam

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic لُبَان (lubān)

Proto-Indo-European *yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yéwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas

Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?

Proto-Austronesian *zawa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)

Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.

Catalan benjuíder.

Middle French benjoinder.

English benzoin

English benzo-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Hellenic *dwi-

Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.

Latin di-bor.

English di-

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō

Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō

Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)

Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)

French azotebor.

English azote

English az-

Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?

Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́

Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)der.

French hepta-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

English -epine

English azepine

English diazepine

English (benzo)diazep(ine)

Egyptian jmnbor.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacusder.

English ammonia

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English am(ide)

English diazepam

From (benzo)diazep(ine) + am(ide).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʌɪˈaz.ɪ.pam/, /dʌɪˈeɪ.zɪ.pam/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæz.əˌpæm/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

diazepam (countable and uncountable, plural diazepams)

1. (pharmacology) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety.
   • 2001: The most effective anti-anxiety drugs (tranquillizers) are the benzodiazepines, epitomized by diazepam (Valium®). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 57)

Derived terms

• -azepam
• fludiazepam
• lofendazam
• nordazepam

Translations

minor tranquillizer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地西泮 (zh) (dìxīpàn)

• Dutch: diazepam (nl)
• Finnish: diatsepaami (fi)
• French: diazépam (fr) m
• German: Diazepam (de) n
• Greek: διαζεπάμη f (diazepámi)
• Hungarian: diazepám (hu)
• Japanese: ジアゼパム (jiazepamu)
• Kazakh: диазепам (diazepam)
• Persian: دیازپام
• Polish: diazepam (pl) m, relanium (pl) n
• Portuguese: diazepam m
• Russian: диазепа́м (ru) m (diazepám), сибазо́н m (sibazón), рела́ниум m (relánium), седуксе́н (ru) m (seduksén)
• Spanish: diazepam m
• Thai: ไดแอซิแพม
• Turkish: diazepam

References

• “diazepam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “diazepam”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic لُبَان (lubān)

Proto-Indo-European *yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yéwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas

Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?

Proto-Austronesian *zawa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)

Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.

Catalan benjuíder.

Middle French benjoinder.

English benzoin

English benzo-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Hellenic *dwi-

Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.

Latin di-bor.

English di-

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō

Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō

Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)

Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)

French azotebor.

English azote

English az-

Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?

Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́

Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)der.

French hepta-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

English -epine

English azepine

English diazepine

English (benzo)diazep(ine)

Egyptian jmnbor.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacusder.

English ammonia

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English am(ide)

English diazepambor.

Polish diazepam

Borrowed from English diazepam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaˈzɛ.pam/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛpam
• Syllabification: dia‧ze‧pam

Noun

diazepam m inan

1. (pharmacology) diazepam

   Synonym: relanium

Declension

Declension of diazepam

	singular
nominative	diazepam
genitive	diazepamu
dative	diazepamowi
accusative	diazepam
instrumental	diazepamem
locative	diazepamie
vocative	diazepamie

Further reading

• “diazepam”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.a.zeˈpɐ̃/, /d͡ʒja.zeˈpɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ɐ.zɨˈpɐ̃/, /djɐ.zɨˈpɐ̃/

Noun

diazepam m (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) diazepam (minor tranquillizer, benzodiazepine)

Further reading

• “diazepam”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “diazepam”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English diazepam.

Noun

diazepam n (plural diazepame)

1. diazepam

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	diazepam	diazepamul	diazepame	diazepamele
genitive-dative	diazepam	diazepamului	diazepame	diazepamelor
vocative	diazepamule		diazepamelor

References

• diazepam in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaθeˈpam/ [d̪ja.θeˈpãm] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /djaseˈpam/ [d̪ja.seˈpãm] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: dia‧ze‧pam

Noun

diazepam m (plural diazepams)

1. diazepam