Standard Lemma guide

cocaine

noun · verb · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /koʊˈkeɪn/
  • General-American: /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/
  • rhymes with -eɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW0 K EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

The powder form of this drug, specifically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, usually

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blow, girl, nose candy, powder, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any chemical derivative of this drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Synonym of cocainize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cocainize

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cocain

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hard drug

Narrower terms: basuco, coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C, crack, crack cocaine, tornado

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English cocaine From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kokaïne — the narcotic
  • Arabic: كُوكَايِين (kukayīn) — the narcotic
  • Armenian: կոկաին (kokain) — the narcotic
  • Belarusian: Какаін (Kakain) — the narcotic
  • Bulgarian: кокаин (kokain) — the narcotic
  • Burmese: ကိုကိန်း (kuikin:) — the narcotic
  • Catalan: cocaïna — the narcotic
  • Chinese Cantonese: 可卡因 (ho2 kaa1 jan1) — the narcotic
  • Hakka Chinese: 古柯鹼 /古柯碱 (kù-kher-chièn) — the narcotic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可卡因 (kěkǎyīn) — the narcotic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古柯鹼 /古柯碱 (gǔkējiǎn) — the narcotic
  • Cornish: kokayn — the narcotic
  • Czech: kokain — the narcotic
  • Danish: kokain — the narcotic
  • Dutch: cocaïne — the narcotic
  • Dutch: sos — the narcotic
  • Dutch: coke — the narcotic
  • Esperanto: kokaino — the narcotic
  • Estonian: kokaiin — the narcotic
  • Faroese: kokain — the narcotic
  • Finnish: kokaiini — the narcotic
  • French: cocaïne — the narcotic
  • Galician: cocaína — the narcotic
  • Galician: fariña — the narcotic
  • Georgian: კოკაინი (ḳoḳaini) — the narcotic
  • German: Kokain — the narcotic
  • Greek: κοκαΐνη (kokaḯni) — the narcotic
  • Gujarati: કોકેન (koken) — the narcotic
  • Hebrew: קוֹקָאִין (koka'ín) — the narcotic
  • Hindi: कोकीन (kokīn) — the narcotic
  • Hindi: कोकेन (koken) — the narcotic
  • Hungarian: kokain — the narcotic
  • Icelandic: kókaín — the narcotic
  • Ido: kokaino — the narcotic
  • Irish: cócaon — the narcotic
  • Italian: cocaina — the narcotic
  • Japanese: コカイン (kokain) — the narcotic
  • Khmer: កូកាអ៊ីន (koukaaʼiin) — the narcotic
  • Khmer: ខូខេន (khoukheen) — the narcotic
  • Korean: 코카인 (kokain) — the narcotic
  • Lao: ໂຄເຄນ (khō khēn) — the narcotic
  • Macedonian: кокаи́н (kokaín) — the narcotic
  • Malay: kokain — the narcotic
  • Marathi: कोकेन (koken) — the narcotic
  • Navajo: nííʼiiʼniłí — the narcotic
  • Nepali: कोकेन (kokena) — the narcotic
  • Norwegian: kokain — the narcotic
  • Odia: କୋକେନ୍ (koken) — the narcotic
  • Persian: کوکائین (kokâ'in) — the narcotic
  • Polish: kokaina — the narcotic
  • Portuguese: cocaína — the narcotic
  • Punjabi: ਕੋਕੇਨ (koken) — the narcotic
  • Punjabi: ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā) — the narcotic
  • Romanian: cocaină — the narcotic
  • Russian: кокаи́н (kokaín) — the narcotic
  • Serbo-Croatian: кокаин — the narcotic
  • Serbo-Croatian: kokain — the narcotic
  • Shan: ၵူဝ်ႇၵဵၼ်း (kò káen) — the narcotic
  • Spanish: cocaína — the narcotic
  • Spanish: esnov — the narcotic
  • Swahili: kokeni — the narcotic
  • Swedish: kokain — the narcotic
  • Tagalog: kokayna — the narcotic
  • Tagalog: kokaina — the narcotic
  • Thai: โคเคน (koo-keen) — the narcotic
  • Thai: โคคาอีน (koo-kaa-iin) — the narcotic
  • Turkish: kokain — the narcotic
  • Ukrainian: кокаї́н (kokajín) — the narcotic
  • Urdu: کوکین (koken) — the narcotic
  • Yiddish: קאָקאַיִן (kokain) — the narcotic
  • Yoruba: kokéènì — the narcotic
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