narcotic

English

Alternative forms

• narcotick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑː(ɹ)ˈkɒtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

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Etymology 1

From Middle English narcotyk, from Middle French narcotique (from Old French narcotique, noun use of adjective) and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκόν (narkōtikón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtikós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).

Noun

narcotic (plural narcotics)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!"

2. Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto V:

     But, for the unquiet heart and brain,
     ⁠A use in measured language lies;
     ⁠The sad mechanic exercise,
     Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:

     Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.

Derived terms

• antinarcotic, anti-narcotic
• narcotics
• nonnarcotic, non-narcotic

 

Related terms

• narco-
• narcosis
• narcoterrorism
• narcotize

 

Translations

class of drugs

• Arabic: مُخَدِّر m (muḵaddir)
• Armenian: թմրամիջոց (hy) (tʻmramiǰocʻ), նարկոտիկ (hy) (narkotik)
• Belarusian: нарко́тык m (narkótyk)
• Bulgarian: наркоти́к (bg) m (narkotík)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻醉劑／麻醉剂 (zh) (mázuìjì)

• Crimean Tatar: narkotik
• Dutch: narcotica (nl) f, verdovende middel n
• Estonian: narkootikum, uimasti, droog
• Finnish: unilääke (fi)
• French: narcotique (fr) m
• Georgian: ნარკოტიკი (narḳoṭiḳi)
• German: Narkotikum (de) n
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó)
• Indonesian: narkotika (id)
• Italian: narcotico (it)
• Kazakh: есірткі (esırtkı), есірткіш (kk) (esırtkış), еліткіш (elıtkış)
• Malay: narkotik
• Maori: pūroi, rongoā whakarehu, whakapōauau, pōau
• Persian: مخدر (fa) (moxadder)
• Polish: narkotyk (pl) m
• Romanian: narcotică f
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нарко̀тик m

  Roman: narkòtik (sh) m

• Spanish: estupefaciente (es) m
• Swedish: narkotika (sv) c, knark (sv) n
• Tagalog: narkotiko
• Tajik: воситаи нашъадор (vosita-yi našʾador)
• Ukrainian: нарко́тик m (narkótyk)
• Uyghur: ناركوتىك (narkotik)

numbing drug

• Finnish: huumausaine (fi)
• French: narcotique (fr) m
• Greek: ναρκωτικό (el) n (narkotikó), αναισθητικό (el) n (anaisthitikó)
• Interlingua: narcotico
• Italian: narcotico (it)
• Maori: pūroi
• Portuguese: narcótico (pt) m
• Romanian: narcotică f
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik)
• Spanish: narcótico (es) m
• Swedish: narkotika (sv) c, knark (sv) n
• Tagalog: narkotiko

Etymology 2

From Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtikós).

Adjective

narcotic (comparative more narcotic, superlative most narcotic)

1. Of, or relating to narcotics.

   Synonym: narcotics

2. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

Translations

related to narcotics

• Belarusian: наркаты́чны (narkatýčny)
• Bulgarian: наркотичен (bg) (narkotičen)
• Estonian: narkootiline, narko-
• German: narkotisch (de)
• Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)
• Kazakh: есірткі (esırtkı)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkotisk

  Nynorsk: narkotisk

• Polish: narkotyczny (pl)
• Russian: наркоти́ческий (ru) (narkotíčeskij)
• Swedish: narkotisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: наркоти́чний (narkotýčnyj)

sleep inducing

• Bulgarian: приспивателен (bg) (prispivatelen)
• Estonian: narkootiline
• German: narkotisch (de)
• Greek: ναρκωτικός (el) (narkotikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkotisk

  Nynorsk: narkotisk

• Romanian: narcotic (ro)
• Russian: наркоти́ческий (ru) (narkotíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: suainealach
• Swedish: narkotisk (sv)

References

• “narcotic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• caticorn, cratonic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French narcotique or German narkotisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naɾˈko.tik]

Adjective

narcotic m or n (feminine singular narcotică, masculine plural narcotici, feminine and neuter plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

   Synonym: somnifer

Declension

Declension of narcotic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	narcotic		narcotică	narcotici	narcotice
	definite	narcoticul		narcotica	narcoticii	narcoticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	narcotic		narcotice	narcotici	narcotice
	definite	narcoticului		narcoticei	narcoticelor	narcoticilor

Noun

narcotic n (plural narcotice)

1. narcotic

   Synonym: somnifer

Declension

Declension of narcotic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) narcotic	narcoticul	(niște) narcotice	narcoticele
genitive/dative	(unui) narcotic	narcoticului	(unor) narcotice	narcoticelor
vocative	narcoticule		narcoticelor

Related terms

• narcoză