narcotic

English

Alternative forms

• narcotick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French narcotique, from Medieval Latin narcoticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “Ι benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑː(ɹ)ˈkɒtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

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Noun

narcotic (plural narcotics)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
   • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎^[1]:

     "Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!"

2. Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 139:

     Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.

Derived terms

• antinarcotic, anti-narcotic
• narcotics
• nonnarcotic, non-narcotic

 

Related terms

• narco-
• narcosis
• narcoterrorism
• narcotize

 

Translations

class of drugs

• Arabic: مُخَدِّر‎ (muḵaddir)
• Armenian: թմրամիջոց (hy) (tʿmramiǰocʿ), նարկոտիկ (hy) (narkotik)
• Belarusian: нарко́тык m (narkótyk)
• Bulgarian: наркоти́к (bg) m (narkotík)
• Crimean Tatar: narkotik
• Estonian: narkootikum, uimasti, droog
• Finnish: unilääke (fi)
• French: narcotique (fr)
• Georgian: ნარკოტიკი (narḳoṭiḳi)
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó)
• Indonesian: narkotika (id)
• Italian: narcotico (it)

• Kazakh: есірткі (esirtki), есірткіш (kk) (esirtkiş), еліткіш (elitkiş)
• Maori: pūroi, rongoā whakarehu
• Romanian: narcotică f
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нарко̀тик m

  Roman: narkòtik (sh) m

• Spanish: estupefaciente (es) m
• Swedish: narkotika (sv) c, knark (sv) n
• Ukrainian: нарко́тик m (narkótyk)
• Uyghur: ناركوتىك‎ (narkotik)

numbing drug

• Finnish: huumausaine (fi)
• French: narcotique (fr)
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó), αναισθητικό (el) n (anaisthitikó)
• Interlingua: narcotico
• Italian: narcotico (it)
• Maori: pūroi

• Portuguese: narcótico (pt)
• Romanian: narcotică f
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik)
• Spanish: narcótico (es)
• Swedish: narkotika (sv) c, knark (sv) n

Adjective

narcotic (comparative more narcotic, superlative most narcotic)

1. Of, or relating to narcotics.

   Synonym: narcotics

2. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

Translations

related to narcotics

• Belarusian: наркаты́чны (narkatýčny)
• Bulgarian: наркотичен (bg) (narkotičen)
• Estonian: narkootiline, narko-
• Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkotisk

  Nynorsk: narkotisk

• Polish: narkotyczny (pl)
• Russian: наркоти́ческий (ru) (narkotíčeskij)
• Swedish: narkotisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: наркоти́чний (narkotýčnyj)

sleep inducing

• Bulgarian: приспивателен (bg) (prispivatelen)
• Estonian: narkootiline
• Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkotisk

  Nynorsk: narkotisk

• Romanian: narcotic (ro)
• Russian: наркоти́ческий (ru) (narkotíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: suainealach
• Swedish: narkotisk (sv)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “narcotic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “narcotic” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• caticorn, cratonic

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Romanian

Etymology

From French narcotique or German narkotisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naɾˈko.tik]

Adjective

narcotic m or n (feminine singular narcotică, masculine plural narcotici, feminine and neuter plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

Declension

Declension of narcotic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	narcotic		narcotică	narcotici	narcotice
	definite	narcoticul		narcotica	narcoticii	narcoticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	narcotic		narcotice	narcotici	narcotice
	definite	narcoticului		narcoticei	narcoticilor	narcoticelor

Synonyms

• somnifer

Noun

narcotic n (plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

Declension

Declension of narcotic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) narcotic	narcoticul	(niște) narcotice	narcoticele
genitive/dative	(unui) narcotic	narcoticului	(unor) narcotice	narcoticelor
vocative	narcoticule		narcoticelor

Synonyms

• somnifer

Related terms

• narcoză