English Explanatory Dictionary

cocaine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
  2. The powder form of this drug, specifically.
  3. Any chemical derivative of this drug.
verb
  1. Synonym of cocainize.

Pronunciation

/kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/ /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cocaine.wav /koʊˈkeɪn/ /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/ /kɵˈkɛjn/ /kɵˈken/

Word forms

cocaine cocaines cocain cocaïne cocaining cocained

Etymology

From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.

Synonyms

benzoylmethylecgonine blow Bolivian marching powder booger sugar boots California corn flakes charlie ching coke corinne crystals flake girl hard white marching powder nose beer nose candy nose powder party powder powder rock rocks slim sniff snow snuff toot wash white white girl white lady yay yayo yola cocainize

Related words

cokehead hydroxytropacocaine tropacocaine crack snort yay coke

Derived words

anticocaine -caine cocaine addict cocaine base cocaine bugs cocaine cowboy cocaine decor cocaineless cocainelike cocaine paste cocainise cocainism cocainist cocainization cocainize cocainomania cocainomaniac crack cocaine norcocaine pink cocaine poor man's cocaine rock cocaine

Translations

Afrikaans: kokaïne Arabic: كُوكَايِين Armenian: կոկաին Belarusian: Какаін Bulgarian: кокаин Burmese: ကိုကိန်း Catalan: cocaïna Chinese Cantonese: 可卡因 Hakka Chinese: 古柯鹼 /古柯碱 Chinese Mandarin: 可卡因 Chinese Mandarin: 古柯鹼 /古柯碱 Cornish: kokayn Czech: kokain Danish: kokain Dutch: cocaïne Dutch: sos Dutch: coke Esperanto: kokaino Estonian: kokaiin Faroese: kokain Finnish: kokaiini French: cocaïne Galician: cocaína Galician: fariña Georgian: კოკაინი German: Kokain Greek: κοκαΐνη Gujarati: કોકેન Hebrew: קוֹקָאִין Hindi: कोकीन Hindi: कोकेन Hungarian: kokain Icelandic: kókaín Ido: kokaino Irish: cócaon Italian: cocaina Japanese: コカイン Khmer: កូកាអ៊ីន Khmer: ខូខេន Korean: 코카인 Lao: ໂຄເຄນ Macedonian: кокаи́н Malay: kokain Marathi: कोकेन Navajo: nííʼiiʼniłí Nepali: कोकेन
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