flunitrazepam

English

Chemical structure of flunitrazepam

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin fluor

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English fluoro-

Egyptian nṯrjder.

Semiticbor.

Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)

English nitro-

English nitr-

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 *zawabor.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

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 *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō

Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō

Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)

Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

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-

French -in

French -e

French -ine

English -epine

English azepine

English diazepine

English benzodiazepine

Egyptian jmnbor.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacusder.

English ammonia

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English amide

English diazepam

English -azepam

English flunitrazepam

From flu(oro)- +‎ nitr- +‎ -azepam. First use appears c. 1973 in the South African Medical Journal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌflu.nəˈtɹæz.əˌpæm/, /ˌflu.naɪˈtɹæz.əˌpæm/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfluː.nʌɪˈtɹeɪ.zɪ.pam/, /ˌfluː.nʌɪˈtɹaz.ɪ.pam/

Noun

flunitrazepam (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A short-acting benzodiazepine derivative with relatively long-lasting sedative effects, used as a hypnotic and as a premedication for anesthesia; 5-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-7-nitro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₆H₁₂FN₃O₃.

   Synonyms: (brand name) Rohypnol, (slang) roofie, (slang) Rufalin

Translations

benzodiazepine drug

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氟硝西泮 (fúxiāoxīpàn)

Further reading

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