nicotine
/ˈnɪkətiːn/
nicotine noun: an alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
Noun
nicotine (uncountable)
- An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
- She is addicted to nicotine.
- 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 165
- Tobacco or cigarettes.
- He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.
nicotine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
nicotine in Hindi
- addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- निकोटीन nikoṭīn, ताम्रकूटी tāmrakūṭī
nicotine in Tamil
- புகைநஞ்சம்
nicotine in Urdu
- addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- نِکوٹِین nikoṭīn
nicotine in Bengali
- addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- নিকোটিন nikōṭin
More languagesFewer languages
- nicotine in Kannada
- ಹೊಗೆಸೊಪ್ಪಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಉದ್ಧೀಪನಕಾರಿ ವಸ್ತು
- nicotine in Tagalog
- nikotina
- nicotine in Arabic
- نِيكُوتِين nikutīn
- nicotine in Malay
- nikotin
- nicotine in Indonesian
- nikotin
- nicotine in Thai
- นิโคติน ní-koo-dtin
- nicotine in Vietnamese
- nicotin, nhựa thuốc, nicôtin
- nicotine in Myanmar
- နီကိုတင်း nikuitang:
Examples of nicotine in a sentence
- Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.
- Zyns are filled with nicotine and are meant to be placed under your lip like tobacco dip.
- No spitting is required, so nicotine pouches are even less visible than vaping.
Forms of nicotine
| alternative form (obsolete) | nicotin |
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Origin of nicotine
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.
Words formed from nicotine
- antinicotine
- conicotine
- denicotinized
- isonicotine
- niceverine
- -nicline
- nicotiana
- nicotinal
- nicotinamide
- nicotine alkaloid
- nicotinean
- nicotined
- nicotine gum
- nicotineless
- nicotinelike
- nicotine patch
- nicotine polacrilex
- nicotine pouch
- nicotinergic
- nicotine stomatitis
- nicotine yellow
- nicotini
- nicotinian
- nicotinic
- nicotinism
- nicotinist
- nicotinize
- nicotinoid
- nornicotine
Phrases with nicotine
Questions about nicotine
- What does nicotine mean?
- Nicotine means an alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
- What is nicotine in Hindi?
- Nicotine in Hindi is निकोटीन (nikoṭīn), ताम्रकूटी (tāmrakūṭī). See Nicotine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nicotine?
- Nicotine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nicotine?
- Nicotine is pronounced /ˈnɪkətiːn/.
Words near nicotine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nicotine (page history and authors); nicotine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nicotine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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