opium

See also: ópium, ópíum, and Opium

opium - English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈəʊ.pi.əm/

Noun

opium (countable and uncountable, plural opiums or opia)

  1. (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.
    • Synonyms: see opium
  2. (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.

Derived terms

Translations

opium - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈopɪjum]

Noun

opium n

  1. opium

Declension

singular plural
nominative opium opia
genitive opia opií
dative opiu opiím
accusative opium opia
vocative opium opia
locative opiu opiích
instrumental opiem opii

opium - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈoː.pi.ʏm/
  • Hyphenation: opi‧um

Noun

opium n or m (uncountable)

  1. opium

Derived terms

  • opiaat
  • opiumchinees
  • opiumderivaat
  • opiumextract
  • opiumhandel
  • opiumhol
  • opiumkit
  • opiumoorlog
  • opiumpijp
  • opiumpil
  • opiumroker
  • opiumschuiver
  • opiumsmokkel
  • opiumsmokkelaar
  • opiumsmokkelarij
  • opiumverslaafd
  • opiumverslaafde
  • opiumverslaving

Descendants

opium - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔ.pjɔm/

Noun

opium m (plural opiums)

  1. opium

opium - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɔpiʊm/
  • Hyphenation: opi‧um

Noun

opium (plural opium-opium, first-person possessive opiumku, second-person possessive opiummu, third-person possessive opiumnya)

  1. opium: 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.

Synonyms

opium - Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈo.pi.um/, [ˈɔpiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.pi.um/, [ˈɔːpium]

Noun

opium n (genitive opiī or opī); second declension

  1. opium, poppy-juice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative opium opia
Genitive opiī opī1 opiōrum
Dative opiō opiīs
Accusative opium opia
Ablative opiō opiīs
Vocative opium opia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

opium - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

opium m (definite singular opiumen, uncountable)

  1. opium

Derived terms

opium - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

opium n or m (definite singular opiumet or opiumen, uncountable)

  1. opium

Derived terms

opium - Romanian

Noun

opium n (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of opiu

opium - Swedish

Noun

opium c

  1. opium (a drug)
    • Religionen är ett opium för folket.
      • Religion is the opium of the people. (Karl Marx)

Declension

Declension of opium 

Derived terms

  • opiat
  • opioid
  • opiumalkaloid
  • opiumförbrukning
  • opiumhalt
  • opiumhandel
  • opiuminförsel
  • opiumkrig
  • opiummissbruk
  • opiumodling
  • opiumpipa
  • opiumpreparat
  • opiumproduktion
  • opiumtinktur
  • opiumvallmo
Meaning and Definition of opium
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