nicotine

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Etymology

Borrowing from French nicotine, named after Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɪkətiːn/

Noun

nicotine (usually uncountable; plural nicotines)

1. (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.

Translations

addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco

• Arabic: نيكوتين (ar) (nikutiin) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼古丁 (cmn) (nígǔdīng)

• Czech: nikotin (cs) m
• Danish: nikotin (da) c and n
• Dutch: nicotine (nl)
• Esperanto: nikotino (eo)
• Finnish: nikotiini (fi)
• French: nicotine (fr) f
• German: Nikotin (de) n
• Greek: νικοτίνη (el) (nikotíni) 
• Hebrew: ניקוטין (he) (nikotín) m
• Hindi: निकोटीन (hi) (nikōṭīn)
• Hungarian: nikotin (hu)
• Ido: nikotino (io)
• Irish: nicitín (ga) m

• Italian: nicotina (it) f
• Japanese: ニコチン (ja) (nikochin)
• Korean: 니코틴 (ko) (nikotin)
• Latin: nicotina (la) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nikotin (no) m and n

  Nynorsk: nikotin (nn) m and n

• Polish: nikotyna (pl) f
• Russian: никотин (ru) (nikotín) m 
• Spanish: nicotina (es) f
• Swahili: nikotin (sw)
• Swedish: nikotin (sv) n and c
• Thai: สารนีโคะทีน (th) (săan nee-kó-tee-nor)
• Turkish: nikotin (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhựa thuốc (vi), nicôtin (vi)
• Volapük: nikotin (vo)

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• cotinine

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French

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Noun

nicotine f (usually uncountable)

1. nicotine (alkaloid)

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Italian

Noun

nicotine f

1. Plural form of nicotina

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