opiate

See also: Opiate

English

Pronunciation

(UK)
- (adjective, noun) enPR: ōʹpē-ət, IPA^(key): /ˈəʊpi.ət/
- (verb) enPR: ōʹpē-āt', IPA^(key): /ˈəʊpiˌeɪt/
(US)
- (adjective, noun) enPR: ōʹpē-ət, IPA^(key): /ˈoʊpi.ət/
- (verb) enPR: ōʹpē-āt, IPA^(key): /ˌoʊpieɪt/

Adjective

opiate (not comparable)

Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Noun

opiate (plural opiates)

A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
- Bentley
  They chose atheism as an opiate.

Hypernyms

opioid

Translations

drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: opiát m
Dutch: opiaat (nl) n
Finnish: opiaatti (fi)
French: opiacé (fr) m
German: Opiat (de) n
Greek: οπιούχο (el) n (opioúcho), οπιοειδές n (opioeidés)

Indonesian: madat (id)
Lithuanian: opiatas m
Russian: опиа́т (ru) m (opiát)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: опѝја̄т m

Roman: opìjāt (sh) m
Spanish: opiato m

Verb

opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)

(transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

See also

Latin

Adjective

opiāte

vocative masculine singular of opiātus

Lithuanian

Noun

opiate m

locative singular form of opiatas.
vocative singular form of opiatas.

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