nicotine
An alkaloid, commonly occurring in the tobacco plantAn alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
» Is nicotine as addictive as heroin?
Никотин вызывает такое же привыкание, что и героин?
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
She is addicted to nicotine.
Nikotin
никоти́нnikotín
нікоти́нnikotýn
an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide
(figuratively, uncountable)Tobacco or cigarettes.
He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.
Examples
15 sentencesIs nicotine as addictive as heroin?
ruНикотин вызывает такое же привыкание, что и героин?
Is nicotine really addictive?
Why is nicotine so addictive?
His hands had nicotine stains.
У нього на руках були нікотинові плями.
I'm getting a bit of a nicotine buzz.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French nicotine, equivalent to Nicot + -ine, named after Jean Nicot (1530–16Borrowed from French nicotine, equivalent to Nicot + -ine, named after Jean Nicot (1530–1604), the French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561. The etymology of the surname itself is unclear.
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