name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈæspɹɪn/
/ˈæspɪɹɪn/
/ˈæsp(ɪ)ɹɪn/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A marketed variety of acetylsalicylic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, ASA
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: NSAID
3
noun
Meaning 3
A tablet containing this substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph
From the German trademark Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated spiræic acid”); more at aspirin § Etymology.
Genericized trademark of German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage, as various German trademarks were nullified in the United States after World War I (see also heroin).
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
aspirinë
— analgesic drug
Arabic:
أَسْبِرِين
(ʔasbirīn)
— analgesic drug
Armenian:
ասպիրին
(aspirin)
— analgesic drug
Belarusian:
аспіры́н
(aspirýn)
— analgesic drug
Bulgarian:
аспири́н
(aspirín)
— analgesic drug
Catalan:
aspirina
— analgesic drug
Chinese Cantonese:
阿士匹靈 /阿士匹灵
(aa3 si6 pat1 ling4)
— analgesic drug
Hakka Chinese:
阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵
(à-sṳ-phi-lín)
— analgesic drug
Chinese Mandarin:
阿司匹林
(āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín)
— analgesic drug
Chinese Mandarin:
阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵
(āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng)
— analgesic drug
Chinese Mandarin:
阿司匹靈 /阿司匹灵
(āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng)
— analgesic drug
Chinese Mandarin:
阿斯匹林
(āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín)
— analgesic drug
Czech:
aspirin
— analgesic drug
Dutch:
aspirine
— analgesic drug
Esperanto:
aspirino
— analgesic drug
Estonian:
aspiriin
— analgesic drug
Finnish:
aspiriini
— analgesic drug
French:
aspirine
— analgesic drug
Galician:
aspirina
— analgesic drug
Georgian:
ასპირინი
(asṗirini)
— analgesic drug
German:
Aspirin
— analgesic drug
Greek:
ασπιρίνη
(aspiríni)
— analgesic drug
Haitian Creole:
aspirin
— analgesic drug
Hebrew:
אַסְפִּירִין
(aspirín)
— analgesic drug
Hindi:
एस्पिरिन
(espirin)
— analgesic drug
Hungarian:
aszpirin
— analgesic drug
Indonesian:
aspirin
— analgesic drug
Indonesian:
asam asetilsalisilat
— analgesic drug
Italian:
aspirina
— analgesic drug
Japanese:
アスピリン
(asupirin)
— analgesic drug
Khmer:
អាស្ពីរីន
(ʼaaspiiriin)
— analgesic drug
Korean:
아스피린
(aseupirin)
— analgesic drug
Norwegian Bokmål:
aspirin
— analgesic drug
Norwegian Bokmål:
acetylsalisylsyre
— analgesic drug
