nicotine

English

structure of nicotine

Etymology

Borrowed from French nicotine, named after Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561. Etymology of the surname itself is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪkətiːn/

Noun

nicotine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
2. (figuratively) tobacco, cigarettes

   He is addicted to nicotine.

Derived terms

• nicotine gum
• nicotine patch

Translations

addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco

• Arabic: نِيكُوتِين m (nikutīn)
• Armenian: նիկոտին (hy) (nikotin)
• Catalan: nicotina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼古丁 (zh) (nígǔdīng)

• Czech: nikotin (cs) m
• Danish: nikotin (da) c or n
• Dutch: nicotine (nl) f
• Esperanto: nikotino
• Finnish: nikotiini (fi)
• French: nicotine (fr) f
• Galician: nicotina f
• German: Nikotin (de) n
• Greek: νικοτίνη (el) (nikotíni)
• Hebrew: נִיקוֹטִין (he) m (nikotín)
• Hindi: निकोटीन (nikoṭīn), ताम्रकूटी (tāmrakūṭī)
• Hungarian: nikotin (hu)
• Ido: nikotino (io)
• Indonesian: nikotina
• Irish: nicitín m, sú tobac m
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• Italian: nicotina (it) f
• Japanese: ニコチン (nikochin)
• Korean: 니코틴 (nikotin)
• Latin: nicotina f
• Malay: nikotina
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nikotin (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: nikotin m or n

• Polish: nikotyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: nicotina (pt) f
• Romanian: nicotină (ro) f
• Russian: никоти́н (ru) m (nikotín)
• Spanish: nicotina (es) f
• Swahili: nikotin (sw)
• Swedish: nikotin (sv) n or c
• Thai: สารนีโคะทีน (săan nee-kó-tee-nor)
• Turkish: nikotin (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhựa thuốc, nicôtin
• Volapük: nikotin (vo)

Anagrams

• cotinine

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French nicotine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌni.koːˈti.nə/
• Hyphenation: ni‧co‧ti‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

nicotine f (uncountable)

1. nicotine (C₁₀H₁₄N₂, alkaloid)

Derived terms

• nicotinekauwgom
• nicotinepleister

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

nicotine f (uncountable)

1. nicotine (alkaloid)

Descendants

• → Catalan: nicotina
• → Dutch: nicotine
• → English: nicotine
• → German: Nikotin
• → Portuguese: nicotina
• → Spanish: nicotina

Further reading

• “nicotine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

nicotine f

1. plural of nicotina

Anagrams

• contieni