quinine
English
/ˈkwɪ.niːn/, /ˈkwaɪ.naɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (pharmaceutical drug) A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian quina (cinchona bark) derived from Quechua kina.
Origin
Quechua
kina
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- iodoquinine English
- nonquinine English
- quina English
- quinic English
- quiniferous English
- quinined English
- quininic English
- quininism English
- quininization English
- quininize English
- quinism English
- quinogen English
- quinological English
- quinologist English
- quinology English
- quinine French
- aguaquina Spanish, Castilian
- quina Spanish, Castilian
- kinin Norwegian Bokmål
- kinin Norwegian Nynorsk
- quinín Irish
- kinin Serbo-Croatian
- 奎寧 Chinese
- kina Quechua