heroin

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹoʊ.ɪn/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /hɛəɹoʊ.ɪn/ Homophone: heroine (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -ɛɹəʊɪn === Etymology 1 === Since the 1890s, from German Heroin, originally a trademark, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”) and the suffix -in (“-ine”). Said to have been called thus to evoke quick and sweeping effect as a painkiller and cough suppressant (its original uses). Alternatively explained as a reference to the heroic school of medicine. ==== Noun ==== heroin (countable and uncountable, plural heroins) A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. [from late 19th century] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin ===== Synonyms ===== (chemical names): diacetylmorphine, diamorphine (street names): Big H, boy, brown, bujj, dope, junk, H, horse, Ron, shit, skag, smack, train, yam yam ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== heroin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== heroin (plural heroins) Obsolete form of heroine. === Anagrams === on hire, Horine, Hieron, Hœnir == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛroɪn] IPA(key): [ˈɦɛroiːn] === Noun === heroin m inan heroin Synonym: herák ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. === Further reading === “heroin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “heroin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -in === Noun === heroin c or n (singular definite heroinen or heroinet, uncountable) heroin == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheroi̯n/, [ˈhe̞ro̞i̯n] Rhymes: -eroin Syllabification(key): he‧roin Hyphenation(key): he‧roin === Noun === heroin instructive plural of hera === Anagrams === hieron == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English heroin, from German Heroin, originally a trademark, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”) and the suffix -in (“-ine”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /həˈroin/ [həˈro.ɪn] Rhymes: -oin Syllabification: he‧roin === Noun === heroin (plural heroin-heroin) heroin Synonym: (colloquial) putau === Further reading === “heroin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Japanese == === Romanization === heroin Rōmaji transcription of ヘロイン == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xerǒiːn/ Hyphenation: he‧ro‧in === Noun === heròīn m inan (Cyrillic spelling херо̀ӣн) heroin ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Heroin. Attested since 1898. === Noun === heroin n heroin Synonyms: horse (slang), häst (slang) Hyponym: jonk (“brown heroin”) (slang) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== heroinist === References === heroin in Svensk ordbok (SO) heroin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) heroin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)