nicotine

• nicotene

Borrowed 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪkətiːn/

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nicotine (uncountable)

2. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.

   She is addicted to nicotine.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 165:

     The nicotine in tobacco has been held to produce anaphrodisiac effects, in spite of such literary commendation as J.M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine.

   • 2004 April 13, Nick Paton Walsh, “Ample Alyona shakes up Russian pageant”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".

3. (figuratively) Tobacco or cigarettes.

   He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.

• conitine, cotinine

Borrowed from French nicotine.

• IPA^(key): /ˌni.koːˈti.nə/

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

nicotine f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. nicotine (C₁₀H₁₄N₂, alkaloid)

• nicotinekauwgom
• nicotinepleister

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

• IPA^(key): /ni.kɔ.tin/

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nicotine f (uncountable)

1. nicotine (alkaloid)

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

nicotine f (plural -)

1. nicotine

nicotine f

1. plural of nicotina

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