stimulant

English

Noun

stimulant (plural stimulants)

A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.
Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.

Synonyms

psychostimulant

Derived terms

Terms derived from stimulant

Translations

substance acting to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body

Catalan: estimulant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 興奮劑 (zh), 兴奋剂 (zh) (xīngfènjì)
Finnish: piriste (fi); (substance used for pleasure) nautintoaine (fi)
French: excitant (fr) m, stimulant (fr) m
Galician: estimulante m
German: Stimulans n
Hungarian: stimuláns (hu)
Irish: ardóg f (informal)

Italian: stimolante (it) m
Japanese: 覚醒剤 (ja) (かくせいざい, kakuseizai)
Malay: peransang
Polish: używka (pl) f
Portuguese: estimulante (pt) m
Romanian: stimulent (ro) m
Russian: стимуля́тор (ru) m (stimuljátor)
Spanish: estimulante

something promoting activity, interest or enthusiasm

Catalan: estimulant m, estimulador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺激物 (zh) (cìjīwù)
Esperanto: stimulanto, stimulaĵo
Finnish: kannustin (fi), yllyke (fi)
Hungarian: stimuláns (hu)

Japanese: 覚醒 (ja) (かくせい, kakusei)
Portuguese: estimulante (pt) m
Romanian: stimulator (ro) m
Russian: стимуля́тор (ru) m (stimuljátor), сти́мул (ru) m (stímul)
Spanish: estimulante

Adjective

stimulant (not comparable)

Acting as a stimulant.

French

Verb

stimulant

present participle of stimuler

Noun

stimulant m (plural stimulants)

Stimulant

Adjective

stimulant (feminine singular stimulante, masculine plural stimulants, feminine plural stimulantes)

stimulating

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

stimulant

third-person plural present active indicative of stimulō

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