codeine

See also: codéine, codéiné, and codeïne

English

Etymology

From French codéine.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊdin/

Noun

codeine (usually uncountable, plural codeines)

(pharmacology) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and cough suppressant; often mixed with aspirin etc.

Related terms

morphine

Translations

addictive alkaloid narcotic

Chinese:
Mandarin: 可待因 (zh) (kědàiyīn)
Esperanto: kodeino
Finnish: kodeiini (fi)
French: codéine (fr) f
Galician: codeína f
German: Kodein (de) n, Codein (de) n
Greek: κωδεΐνη (el) f (kodeḯni)

Ido: kodeino (io)
Italian: codeina (it) f
Japanese: コデイン (kodein)
Polish: kodeina (pl) f
Portuguese: codeína f
Russian: кодеи́н (ru) m (kodeín)
Spanish: codeína f

Italian

Noun

codeine f

plural of codeina

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