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barbiturate

noun · 3 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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  • /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪt͡ʃəɹɪt/
  • /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪt͡ʃəɹeɪt/
  • /ˌbɑɹbɪˈt(j)ʊəɹɪt/
  • /ˌbɑɹbɪˈt(j)ʊəɹeɪt/
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  • US, colloquial, nonstandard: /ˌbɑɹˈbɪt͡ʃu.ɪt/
  • US, colloquial, nonstandard: /ˌbɑɹˈbɪt(j)u.ɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B AA0 R B IH1 CH ER0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barb, barbie, goofball

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug

Narrower terms: amobarbital, barbital, veronal, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, mephobarbital, Mebaral, pentobarbital sodium, pentobarbital, Nembutal, yellow jacket, secobarbital sodium, secobarbital, Seconal, red devil, sodium thiopental, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, Luminal, purple heart, thiopental, thiopental sodium, thiopentobarbital sodium, Pentothal

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Barbiturat, equivalent to barbituric + -ate.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴比妥酸鹽 /巴比妥酸盐 (bābǐtuǒsuān yán) — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴比妥酸酯 (bābǐtuǒsuān zhǐ) — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Dutch: barbituraat — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Finnish: barbituraatti — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Greek: βαρβιτουρικό (varvitourikó) — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Indonesian: barbiturat — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Irish: barbatúráit — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Polish: barbiturat — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Russian: барбитура́т (barbiturát) — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Swedish: barbiturat — salt or ester of barbituric acid
  • Arabic: باربتيورات (barbtywrat) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Armenian: բարբիտուրատ (barbiturat) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Basque: barbituriko — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Bengali: বারবিচুরেট (barobicureṭ) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Bulgarian: барбитурат (barbiturat) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Catalan: barbitúric — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴比妥類藥物 /巴比妥类药物 (bābǐtuǒlèi yàowù) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Czech: barbiturát — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Danish: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Dutch: barbituraat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Esperanto: barbiturato — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Finnish: barbituraatti — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • French: barbiturique — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Galician: barbitúrico — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Georgian: ბარბიტურატ (barbiṭuraṭ) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • German: Barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • German: Barbitursäurepräparat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Greek: βαρβιτουρικό (varvitourikó) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Hindi: बार्बीचुरेट्स (bārbīcureṭs) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Hungarian: barbiturát — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Ido: barbiturato — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Indonesian: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Irish: barbatúráit — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Italian: barbiturato — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Japanese: バルビツレート (barubitsurēto) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Korean: 바비튜레이트 (babityureiteu) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Latvian: barbiturāti — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Malay: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Polish: barbituran — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Portuguese: barbitúrico — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Romanian: barbituric — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Russian: барбитура́т (barbiturát) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Serbo-Croatian: барбитурат — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Serbo-Croatian: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Slovak: barbiturát — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Slovene: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Spanish: barbitúrico — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Swedish: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Tajik: барбитурат (barbiturat) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Thai: บาร์บิเชอริต (baa bì cher-rít) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Turkish: barbitürat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Ukrainian: барбітура́т (barbiturát) — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Uzbek: barbiturat — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system
  • Waray-Waray: barbituriko — derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system