Meanings
aspirin1
plural aspirins
- countableA tablet containing this substance.
"It nearly drove me insane. I took heaven alone knows how many aspirins."
1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 1071 more example
I got so worked up writing it that I had to take an aspirin and stop trembling after I finished.
1965 January 31, Lou Sullivan, Diary
Aspirin2
- medicineA marketed variety of acetylsalicylic acid.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
aspirin · noun
- GermanAspirin
- Englishaspirin
Genericized trademark of German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage, as various German trademarks were nullified in the United States after World War I (see also heroin).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Aspirin · proper noun
From the German trademark Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated spiræic acid”); more at aspirin § Etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَسْبِرِين
- أَسْبِرِين (ʔasbirīn)analgesic drug
Bulgarian аспири́н
- аспири́н (aspirín)analgesic drug
Catalan aspirina
- aspirinaanalgesic drug
Chinese Cantonese 阿士匹靈 /阿士匹灵, 阿士匹靈 /阿士匹灵
- 阿士匹靈 /阿士匹灵 (aa³ si⁶ pat¹ ling⁴)analgesic drug
- 阿士匹靈 /阿士匹灵 (aa³ si⁶ pat¹ ling⁴)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Chinese Mandarin 阿司匹林, 阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵
- 阿司匹林 (āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín)analgesic drug
- 阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵 (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng)analgesic drug
- 阿司匹靈 /阿司匹灵 (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng)analgesic drug
- 阿斯匹林 (āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín)analgesic drug
- 阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵 (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
- 阿司匹靈 /阿司匹灵 (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
- 阿司匹林 (āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
- 阿斯匹林 (āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Czech aspirin
- aspirinanalgesic drug
Dutch aspirine, aspirientje
- aspirineanalgesic drug
- aspirientjetablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Esperanto aspirino
- aspirinoanalgesic drug
Estonian aspiriin
- aspiriinanalgesic drug
Finnish aspiriini, aspiriini
- aspiriinianalgesic drug
- aspiriinitablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
French aspirine
- aspirineanalgesic drug
German Aspirin
- Aspirinanalgesic drug
Greek ασπιρίνη, ασπιρίνη
- ασπιρίνη (aspiríni)analgesic drug
- ασπιρίνη (aspiríni)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Hebrew אַסְפִּירִין
- אַסְפִּירִין (aspirín)analgesic drug
Hindi एस्पिरिन
- एस्पिरिन (espirin)analgesic drug
Hungarian aszpirin, aszpirin
- aszpirinanalgesic drug
- aszpirintablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Indonesian aspirin, asam asetilsalisilat
- aspirinanalgesic drug
- asam asetilsalisilatanalgesic drug
- aspirintablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Italian aspirina
- aspirinaanalgesic drug
Japanese アスピリン
- アスピリン (asupirin)analgesic drug
Korean 아스피린
- 아스피린 (aseupirin)analgesic drug
Norwegian Bokmål aspirin, acetylsalisylsyre
- aspirinanalgesic drug
- acetylsalisylsyreanalgesic drug
- aspirintablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Persian آسپرین, آسپرین
- آسپرین (âsperin)analgesic drug
- آسپرینtablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Polish aspiryna
- aspirynaanalgesic drug
Portuguese aspirina
- aspirinaanalgesic drug
Romanian aspirină, aspirină
- aspirinăanalgesic drug
- aspirinătablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Russian аспири́н
- аспири́н (aspirín)analgesic drug
Spanish aspirina, aspirinar
- aspirinaanalgesic drug
- aspirinaranalgesic drug
Swahili aspirini, aspirini
- aspirinianalgesic drug
- aspirinitablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Tagalog aspirina, aspirina
- aspirinaanalgesic drug
- aspirinatablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Thai แอสไพริน, แอสไพริน
- แอสไพริน (ɛ́ɛs-pai-rin)analgesic drug
- แอสไพริน (ɛ́ɛs-pai-rin)tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Turkish aspirin, aspirin
- aspirinanalgesic drug
- aspirintablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
Ukrainian аспіри́н
- аспіри́н (aspirýn)analgesic drug
Yiddish אַספּירין
- אַספּירין (aspirin)analgesic drug
Cite this entry
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