Meanings
plural diazepams
- countableuncountablemedicineA tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety.
2001: The most effective anti-anxiety drugs (tranquillizers) are the benzodiazepines, epitomized by diazepam (Valium®). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 57)
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
- Proto-Indo-European*yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
- Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
- Proto-Austronesian*zawa
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
- Old Javanesejawa
- Old JavaneseJawi
- Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
- Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
- Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
- Catalanbenjuí
- Middle Frenchbenjoin
- Englishbenzoin
- Englishbenzo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
- Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
- Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
- Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
- Frenchazote
- Englishazote
- Englishaz-
- Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
- Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
- Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
- Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
- Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
- Frenchhepta-
- Englishazepine
- Englishdiazepine
- English(benzo)diazep(ine)
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englisham(ide)
- Englishdiazepam
From (benzo)diazep(ine) + am(ide).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَيَازِيبَام
- دَيَازِيبَام (dayāzībām)minor tranquillizer
Chinese Mandarin 地西泮
- 地西泮 (dìxīpàn)minor tranquillizer
Dutch diazepam
- diazepamminor tranquillizer
Finnish diatsepaami
- diatsepaamiminor tranquillizer
French diazépam
- diazépamminor tranquillizer
German Diazepam
- Diazepamminor tranquillizer
Greek διαζεπάμη
- διαζεπάμη (diazepámi)minor tranquillizer
Hungarian diazepám
- diazepámminor tranquillizer
Japanese ジアゼパム
- ジアゼパム (jiazepamu)minor tranquillizer
Persian دیازپام
- دیازپامminor tranquillizer
Polish diazepam, relanium
- diazepamminor tranquillizer
- relaniumminor tranquillizer
Portuguese diazepam
- diazepamminor tranquillizer
Romanian diazepam
- diazepamminor tranquillizer
Russian диазепа́м, сибазо́н
- диазепа́м (diazepám)minor tranquillizer
- сибазо́н (sibazón)minor tranquillizer
- рела́ниум (relánium)minor tranquillizer
- седуксе́н (seduksén)minor tranquillizer
Spanish diazepam
- diazepamminor tranquillizer
Thai ไดแอซิแพม
- ไดแอซิแพม (dai-ɛɛ-sí-pɛɛm)minor tranquillizer
Turkish diazepam
- diazepamminor tranquillizer
Cite this entry
diazepam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazepam
“diazepam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazepam. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diazepam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazepam.
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