methamphetamine

English

Etymology

From meth- +‎ amphetamine; 1945-50.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛθ æmˈfɛt əˌmin/, /ˌmɛθ æmˈfɛt əˌmɪn/
• Rhymes: -in, -ɪn

Noun

methamphetamine (plural methamphetamines)

1. A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

   Synonyms: crystal meth, crystal, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamines, methylamphetamine, speed, tina, tweak

Derived terms

• levomethamphetamine
• methamphetamine hydrochloride
• methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:methamphetamine

Translations

the drug (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine

• Afrikaans: metamfetamien
• Arabic: ميثامفيتامين
• Armenian: մեթամֆետամին (metʻamfetamin)
• Catalan: metamfetamina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲基苯丙胺 (zh) (jiǎjī běnbǐng’àn)

• Czech: pervitin (cs) m, metamfetamin m
• Estonian: metamfetamiin
• Finnish: metamfetamiini (fi), amfetamiini (fi)
• French: méthamphétamine (fr) f
• German: Methamphetamin n
• Greek: μεθαμφεταμίνη (el) (methamfetamíni)
• Hebrew: מתאמפטמין
• Hungarian: metamfetamin (hu)
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• Italian: metanfetamina (it) f
• Japanese: メタンフェタミン (metanfetamin), ヒロポン (ja) (hiropon)
• Korean: 메스암페타민 (meseuampetamin)
• Malay: syabu
• Maori: tioata whakaihi
• Persian: مت‌آمفتامین
• Portuguese: metanfetamina (pt) f
• Romanian: metanfetamină f
• Russian: метамфетами́н (ru) m (metamfetamín)
• Spanish: metanfetamina
• Tagalog: shabu (common), bato (tl) (slang)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: metamfetamin

Further reading

• methamphetamine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia