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novichok

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Russian новичо́к (novičók, literally “newbie, newcomer”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: навічо́к (navičók) — nerve agent
  • Bengali: নোভিচক (nōbhicok) — nerve agent
  • Catalan: novitxok — nerve agent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 諾維喬克 /诺维乔克 (nuòwéiqiáokè) — nerve agent
  • Czech: novičok — nerve agent
  • Dutch: novitsjok — nerve agent
  • Estonian: novitšok — nerve agent
  • Finnish: novitšok — nerve agent
  • French: novitchok — nerve agent
  • Georgian: ნოვიჩოკი (novičoḳi) — nerve agent
  • German: Nowitschok — nerve agent
  • Greek: νοβιτσόκ (novitsók) — nerve agent
  • Hungarian: novicsok — nerve agent
  • Italian: novičok — nerve agent
  • Japanese: ノビチョク (nobichoku) — nerve agent
  • Korean: 노비초크 (nobichokeu) — nerve agent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: novitsjok — nerve agent
  • Polish: nowiczok — nerve agent
  • Portuguese: novichok — nerve agent
  • Russian: новичо́к (novičók) — nerve agent
  • Slovak: novičok — nerve agent
  • Slovene: novičok — nerve agent
  • Spanish: novichok — nerve agent
  • Turkish: novichok — nerve agent
  • Turkish: noviçok — nerve agent
  • Ukrainian: новичо́к (novyčók) — nerve agent