nicotine
English
/ˈnɪkətiːn/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) An alkaloid (C), 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.
- (figuratively) tobacco, cigarettes
Etymology
Borrowed from French nicotine.
Origin
French
nicotine
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antinicotine English
- antinicotinic English
- isonicotine English
- neonicotinoid English
- nicotinate English
- nicotined English
- nicotinergic English
- nicotinic English
- nicotinism English
- nicotinist English
- nicotinoid English
- nornicotine English
- Nikotin German
- nicotine Dutch, Flemish
- nicotine French
- nicotinique French
- никоти́н Russian
- nicotina Spanish, Castilian
- nicotina Portuguese
- nikotin Swedish
- nicitín Irish
- nicitíneacht Irish
- nikotin Danish
- nikotin Czech
- nicotina Catalan, Valencian
- նիկոտին Armenian
- nikotin Turkish
- 尼古丁 Chinese
- nikotini Swahili