nicotine

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), named after Jean Nicot (1530–1604), French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561. Etymology of the surname itself is unclear.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪkətiːn/

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nicotine (uncountable)

1. (organic 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.

   He is addicted to nicotine.

2. (figuratively) Tobacco, cigarettes

   He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.

• conicotine
• denicotinized
• nicotinal
• nicotine alkaloid
• nicotinean
• nicotine gum
• nicotine patch
• nicotine polacrilex
• nicotine stomatitis
• nicotinian
• nicotinic
• nicotinize

• cotinine

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ˌni.koːˈti.nə/

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• Hyphenation: ni‧co‧ti‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

nicotine f (uncountable)

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• nicotinekauwgom
• nicotinepleister

Named after French diplomat Jean Nicot (1530–1604).

• IPA^(key): /ni.kɔ.tin/

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nicotine f (uncountable)

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (alkaloid)

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

nicotine f (plural -)

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nicotine f

1. plural of nicotina

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