noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:/ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/
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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
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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
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