opium
A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods…A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
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» Religion is the opium of the people.
Die Religion ist das Opium des Volks. — deniko
Das Opium des Volkes ist die Religion. — BraveSentry
Религия - опиум для народа. — Tonari
Религия есть опиум народа. — Balamax
Релігія - опіум для народу. — deniko
Релігія - опіум народу. — deniko
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2 senses(uncountable)A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
Opium
о́пийópij, о́пиумópium
о́пійópij, о́піумópium
an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
(broadly, countable)Anything that numbs or stupefies.
Opium
Examples
24 sentencesReligion is the opium of the people.
Релігія - опіум для народу. — deniko
ruРелигия - опиум для народа. — Tonari
deDie Religion ist das Opium des Volks. — deniko
Neither wine, nor opium, nor tobacco are necessary for people’s lives.
Ні вино, ні опіум, ні тютюн непотрібні для життя людей. — Internecivus
ruНи вино, ни опиум, ни табак не нужны для жизни людей. — LanguagesLover
Death is the opium of losers.
Karl used opium as a drug.
Karl was selling opium to schoolkids.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plBorrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“juice, resin”).
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Forms
plural: opiums / opiaSynonyms
28 synonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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