overdose

== English == === Etymology 1 === From over- +‎ dose. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvɚˌdəʊs/ (Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈʌo̞vɚˌdʌo̞s/, /ˈʌo̞vɐˌdʌo̞s/ ==== Noun ==== overdose (plural overdoses) An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. ===== Synonyms ===== overdosage (which is a less common synonym for this concept) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From over- +‎ dose. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdəʊs/ ==== Verb ==== overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed) (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose. (intransitive, figurative) To indulge in something excessively. ===== Derived terms ===== OD overdoser ===== Related terms ===== overdosage ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === does over, overdoes == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English overdose. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.vəʁ.doz/, /ɔ.vɛʁ.doz/ === Noun === overdose f (plural overdoses) (medicine) overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug) Synonym: surdose (figuratively) overdose of, excess of, surfeit of something (instance of someone having had too much of something, having overdone something) Near-synonym: indigestion === Further reading === “overdose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English overdose. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.verˈdɔ.ze/, /o.verˈdoz/ Rhymes: -ɔze, -oz Hyphenation: o‧ver‧dò‧se === Noun === overdose f (invariable) (medicine) overdose === References === === Anagrams === doverose == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English overdose. === Noun === overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdoser, definite plural overdosene) an overdose === References === “overdose” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English overdose. === Noun === overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdosar, definite plural overdosane) an overdose === References === “overdose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English overdose, with the pronunciation partially unadapted in Portugal: over mimics the English phonemes, while dose is pronounced as a Portuguese word. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ === Noun === overdose f (plural overdoses) overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug) Synonyms: superdose, sobredose === Further reading === “overdose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “overdose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026