opium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“juice, resin”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ō′pēəm: (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.pi.əm/ Rhymes: -əʊpiəm enPR: ōp′yəm: IPA(key): /ˈoʊp.jəm/ (now rare) === Noun === opium (countable and uncountable, plural opiums or opia) (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 Thesaurus:opium (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈopɪjum] === Noun === opium n opium ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === Via Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). === Noun === opium n or c opium (by extension) activity that is stimulating and exiting ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “opium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoː.pi.ʏm/ Hyphenation: opi‧um === Noun === opium n or m (uncountable, no diminutive) opium Synonym: amfioen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== amfioen ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: opium → Indonesian: opium → West Frisian: opium == French == === Etymology === This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.pjɔm/ === Noun === opium m (plural opiums) opium === Further reading === “opium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch opium, from Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Doublet of apiun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔpiʊm/ Hyphenation: opi‧um Rhymes: -ʊm, -m === Noun === opium (plural opium-opium) 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: apiun, candu, madat === Further reading === “opium”, 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 == Latin == === Alternative forms === opion === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“juice, resin”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.pi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.pi.um] === Noun === opium n (genitive opiī or opī); second declension opium, poppy-juice ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “opium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “opium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). === Noun === opium m (definite singular opiumen, uncountable) opium ==== Derived terms ==== opiumsvalmue ==== Related terms ==== opiat === References === “opium” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “opium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). === Noun === opium n or m (definite singular opiumet or opiumen, uncountable) opium ==== Derived terms ==== opiumsvalmue ==== Related terms ==== opiat === References === “opium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Noun === opium n (uncountable) alternative form of opiu == Swedish == === Noun === opium c opium (a drug) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “opium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “opium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “opium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)