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emetic

adj · 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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  • UK: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɛtɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 M EH1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Causing nausea and vomiting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emetogenic, anacathartic

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An agent that induces vomiting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emetogen, vomitive, vomitory, anacathartic

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vomit, vomitive, nauseant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic

Narrower terms: ipecac, powdered mustard, dry mustard

History

Etymology

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (predizvikvašt povrǎštane) — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Catalan: emètic — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Czech: dávicí — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Czech: emetický — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Dutch: braakwekkend — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Finnish: oksettava — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Finnish: emeettinen — causing nausea and vomiting
  • French: émétique — causing nausea and vomiting
  • French: vomitif — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Galician: vomitivo — causing nausea and vomiting
  • German: emetisch — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Greek: εμετικός (emetikós) — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Hawaiian: hoʻoluaʻi — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Irish: urlacach — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Italian: emetico — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Italian: emetizzante — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Latin: emeticus — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Māori: whakaruaki — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvalmefremkallende — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brekningsfremkallende — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Polish: emetyczny — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Polish: wymiotny — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Portuguese: emético — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Romanian: emetic — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Russian: рво́тный (rvótnyj) — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Spanish: emético — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Swedish: kräkframkallande — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Swedish: kräkningsframkallande — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Ukrainian: блюво́тний (bljuvótnyj) — causing nausea and vomiting
  • Catalan: emètic — agent
  • Czech: dávicí prostředek — agent
  • Czech: dávidlo — agent
  • Czech: emetikum — agent
  • Dutch: braakmiddel — agent
  • Finnish: oksetusaine — agent
  • Finnish: emeetti — agent
  • French: émétique — agent
  • French: vomitif — agent
  • German: Emetikum — agent
  • German: Brechmittel — agent
  • Greek: εμετικό (emetikó) — agent
  • Hungarian: hánytató — agent
  • Italian: emetico — agent
  • Māori: rongoā whakaruaki — agent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brekningsmiddel — agent
  • Polish: emetyk — agent
  • Polish: środek wymiotny — agent
  • Portuguese: emético — agent
  • Russian: рво́тное (rvótnoje) — agent
  • Serbo-Croatian: еметик — agent
  • Serbo-Croatian: emetik — agent
  • Spanish: emético — agent
  • Swedish: kräkmedel — agent
  • Ukrainian: блюво́тне (bljuvótne) — agent
  • Volapük: vomitamedin — agent