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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/ˈnɪkətiːn/
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CMU ARPABET:N IH1 K AH0 T IY2 N
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noun
Meaning 1
An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree French Nicot Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French nicotinebor. English nicotine Borrowed from French nicotine, equivalent to Nicot + -ine, named after Jean Nicot (1530–1604), the French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561. The etymology of the surname itself is unclear.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
nikotinë
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Arabic:
نِيكُوتِين
(nikutīn)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Armenian:
նիկոտին
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Azerbaijani:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Belarusian:
нікаці́н
(nikacín)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Belarusian:
нікаты́н
(nikatýn)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Bengali:
নিকোটিন
(nikōṭin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Bulgarian:
никоти́н
(nikotín)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Burmese:
နီကိုတင်း
(nikuitang:)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Catalan:
nicotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Cherokee:
ᏂᎪᏘᏂ
(nigotini)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Chinese Cantonese:
尼古丁
(nei4 gu2 ding1)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Chinese Cantonese:
煙鹼 /烟碱
(jin1 gaan2)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Chinese Mandarin:
尼古丁
(nígǔdīng)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Chinese Mandarin:
煙鹼 /烟碱
(yānjiǎn)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Czech:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Danish:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Dutch:
nicotine
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Esperanto:
nikotino
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Estonian:
nikotiin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Finnish:
nikotiini
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
French:
nicotine
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Friulian:
nicotine
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Galician:
nicotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Georgian:
ნიკოტინი
(niḳoṭini)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
German:
Nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Greek:
νικοτίνη
(nikotíni)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hebrew:
נִיקוֹטִין
(nikotín)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hindi:
निकोटीन
(nikoṭīn)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hindi:
ताम्रकूटी
(tāmrakūṭī)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hungarian:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Icelandic:
nikótín
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Ido:
nikotino
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Indonesian:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Irish:
nicitín
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Italian:
nicotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Japanese:
ニコチン
(nikochin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Kazakh:
никотин
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Khmer:
និកូត៍រស
(nikourŭəh)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Khmer:
នីកូទីន
(niikoutiin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Korean:
니코틴
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Kyrgyz:
никотин
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Latin:
nicotinum
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Latvian:
nikotīns
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Lithuanian:
nikotinas
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Macedonian:
никоти́н
(nikotín)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Malay:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Māori:
nikotini
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Mongolian:
никотин
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Norwegian Bokmål:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Occitan:
nicotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Iranian Persian:
نیکوتین
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Piedmontese:
nicotin-a
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Polish:
nikotyna
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Portuguese:
nicotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Romanian:
nicotină
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Russian:
никоти́н
(nikotín)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Serbo-Croatian:
нико̀тӣн
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Serbo-Croatian:
nikòtīn
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Slovak:
nikotín
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Slovene:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Spanish:
nicotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Swahili:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Swedish:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Tagalog:
nikotina
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Tajik:
никотин
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Thai:
นิโคติน
(ní-koo-dtin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Turkish:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Turkmen:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Ukrainian:
нікоти́н
(nikotýn)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Urdu:
نِکوٹِین
(nikoṭīn)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Uyghur:
نىكوتىن
(nikotin)
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Uzbek:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Vietnamese:
nicotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Vietnamese:
nhựa thuốc
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Vietnamese:
nicôtin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Volapük:
nikotin
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Welsh:
nicotîn
— addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco