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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɪkətiːn/

Noun

nicotine (uncountable)

(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.
(figuratively) tobacco, cigarettes
He is addicted to nicotine.

Translations

addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco

Arabic: نِيكُوتِين‎‎ m (nikutīn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尼古丁 (zh) (nígǔdīng)
Czech: nikotin (cs) m
Danish: nikotin (da) c, n
Dutch: nicotine (nl)
Esperanto: nikotino
Finnish: nikotiini (fi)
French: nicotine (fr) f
Galician: nicotina f
German: Nikotin (de) n
Greek: νικοτίνη (el) (nikotíni)
Hebrew: ניקוטין‎‎ (he) m (nikotín)
Hindi: निकोटीन (nikōṭīn), ताम्रकूटी (tāmrakūṭī)
Hungarian: nikotin (hu)
Ido: nikotino (io)
Indonesian: nikotina
Irish: nicitín m, sú tobac m
Italian: nicotina (it) f

Japanese: ニコチン (nikochin)
Korean: 니코틴 (nikotin)
Latin: nicotina f
Malay: nikotina
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nikotin (no) m, n

Nynorsk: nikotin m, 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, c
Thai: สารนีโคะทีน (săan nee-kó-tee-nor)
Turkish: nikotin (tr)
Vietnamese: nhựa thuốc, nicôtin
Volapük: nikotin (vo)

Anagrams

cotinine

French

Noun

nicotine f (uncountable)

nicotine (alkaloid)

Further reading

“nicotine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

nicotine f

plural of nicotina

Anagrams

contieni

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