narcotic

English

Alternative forms

• narcotick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French narcotique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin narcoticum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “Ι benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Noun

narcotic (plural narcotics)

1. Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour, in some contexts especially in reference to illegal drugs.
2. Any type of numbing drug.

Related terms

• narco-
• narcosis
• narcoterrorism
• narcotize
• nonnarcotic, non-narcotic

Translations

class of drugs

• Armenian: թմրամիջոց (hy) (tʻmramiǰocʻ), նարկոտիկ (hy) (narkotik)
• Belarusian: нарко́тык m (narkótyk)
• Bulgarian: нарко́тик (bg) m (narkótik)
• Crimean Tatar: narkotik
• Estonian: narkootikum, uimasti, droog
• Finnish: unilääke (fi)
• French: narcotique (fr)
• Georgian: ნარკოტიკი (narḳoṭiḳi)
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó)
• Indonesian: narkotika (id)
• Italian: narcotico (it)
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• Maori: pūroi
• Romanian: narcotică f
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нарко̀тик m

  Roman: narkòtik (sh) m

• Spanish: estupefaciente (es) m
• Swedish: narkotika (sv) c, knark (sv) n
• Ukrainian: нарко́тик m (narkótyk)
• Uyghur: ناركوتىك‎ (narkotik‎)

numbing drug

• Finnish: huumausaine (fi)
• French: narcotique (fr)
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó), αναισθητικό (el) n (anaisthitikó)
• Interlingua: narcotico
• Italian: narcotico (it)
• Maori: pūroi
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• Portuguese: narcótico (pt)
• Romanian: narcotică f
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik)
• Spanish: narcótico (es)
• Swedish: narkotika (sv) c, knark (sv) n

Adjective

narcotic (comparative more narcotic, superlative most narcotic)

1. Of, or relating to narcotics.
2. Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

Translations

related to narcotics

• Estonian: narkootiline, narko-
• Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkotisk

  Nynorsk: narkotisk

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• Russian: наркоти́ческий (ru) (narkotíčeskij)
• Swedish: narkotisk (sv)

sleep inducing

• Estonian: narkootiline
• Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkotisk

  Nynorsk: narkotisk

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• Romanian: narcotic (ro)
• Russian: наркоти́ческий (ru) (narkotíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: suainealach
• Swedish: narkotisk (sv)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “narcotic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “narcotic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• cratonic

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Romanian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French narcotique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naɾˈko.tik]

Adjective

narcotic m or n (feminine singular narcotică, masculine plural narcotici, feminine and neuter plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

Declension

Declension of narcotic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	narcotic		narcotică	narcotici	narcotice
	definite	narcoticul		narcotica	narcoticii	narcoticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	narcotic		narcotice	narcotici	narcotice
	definite	narcoticului		narcoticei	narcoticelor	narcoticilor

Synonyms

• somnifer

Noun

narcotic n (plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

Declension

Declension of narcotic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) narcotic	narcoticul	(niște) narcotice	narcoticele
genitive/dative	(unui) narcotic	narcoticului	(unor) narcotice	narcoticelor
vocative	narcoticule		narcoticelor

Synonyms

• somnifer