strychnine

English

Structure diagram of strychnine

Etymology

From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪk.niːn/

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Noun

strychnine (usually uncountable, plural strychnines)

1. (organic chemistry) A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide

Derived terms

• strychine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)
• strychnic (adjective)
• strychninism

Translations

very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid

• Czech: strychnin m
• Dutch: strychnine (nl) f or n
• Esperanto: striknino
• French: strychnine (fr) f
• Galician: estricnina f, esternina f (vulgar)
• German: Strychnin (de) n
• Hungarian: sztrichnin (hu)
• Ido: striknino (io)
• Italian: stricnina (it) f
• Japanese: ストリキニン (sutorikinin), ストリキニーネ (sutorikiniine)
• Korean: 스트리크닌 (seuteurikeunin)
• Navajo: mąʼiitsoh bee yigą́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stryknin m

  Nynorsk: stryknin m

• Polish: strychnina (pl) f
• Portuguese: estricnina f
• Russian: стрихни́н (ru) m (strixnín)
• Spanish: estricnina (es)
• Swedish: stryknin (sv)
• Turkish: striknin (tr)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French strychnine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌstrɪxˈni.nə/, /ˌstrixˈni.nə/

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• Hyphenation: strych‧ni‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

strychnine f or n (uncountable)

1. strychnine

Derived terms

• strychninevergiftiging

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁik.nin/

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Noun

strychnine f (plural strychnines)

1. strychnine

Descendants

• → Dutch: strychnine
• → English: strychnine
• → Turkish: striknin

Further reading

• “strychnine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.