Meanings
alternative obsolete nicotin
- uncountablechemistryAn alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
She is addicted to nicotine.
2 more examples
The nicotine in tobacco has been held to produce anaphrodisiac effects, in spite of such literary commendation as J.M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 165The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".
2004 April 13, Nick Paton Walsh, “Ample Alyona shakes up Russian pageant”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2024
Origin
- FrenchNicot
- Frenchnicotine
- Englishnicotine
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.
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Arabic نِيكُوتِين
- نِيكُوتِين (nikutīn)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Bengali নিকোটিন
- নিকোটিন (nikōṭin)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Bulgarian никоти́н
- никоти́н (nikotín)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Catalan nicotina
- nicotinaaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Chinese Cantonese 尼古丁, 煙鹼 /烟碱
- 尼古丁 (nei⁴ gu² ding¹)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- 煙鹼 /烟碱 (jin¹ gaan²)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Chinese Mandarin 尼古丁, 煙鹼 /烟碱
- 尼古丁 (nígǔdīng)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- 煙鹼 /烟碱 (yānjiǎn)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Czech nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Danish nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Dutch nicotine
- nicotineaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Esperanto nikotino
- nikotinoaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Estonian nikotiin
- nikotiinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Finnish nikotiini
- nikotiiniaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
French nicotine
- nicotineaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
German Nikotin
- Nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Greek νικοτίνη
- νικοτίνη (nikotíni)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hebrew נִיקוֹטִין
- נִיקוֹטִין (nikotín)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hindi निकोटीन, ताम्रकूटी
- निकोटीन (nikoṭīn)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- ताम्रकूटी (tāmrakūṭī)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Hungarian nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Icelandic nikótín
- nikótínaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Indonesian nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Irish nicitín
- nicitínaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Italian nicotina
- nicotinaaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Japanese ニコチン
- ニコチン (nikochin)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Korean 니코틴
- 니코틴 (nikotin)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Latin nicotinum
- nicotinumaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Latvian nikotīns
- nikotīnsaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Lithuanian nikotinas
- nikotinasaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Malay nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Māori nikotini
- nikotiniaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Norwegian Bokmål nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Polish nikotyna
- nikotynaaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Portuguese nicotina
- nicotinaaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Romanian nicotină
- nicotinăaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Russian никоти́н
- никоти́н (nikotín)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Slovak nikotín
- nikotínaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Spanish nicotina
- nicotinaaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Swahili nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Swedish nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Tagalog nikotina
- nikotinaaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Thai นิโคติน
- นิโคติน (ní-koo-dtin)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Turkish nikotin
- nikotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Ukrainian нікоти́н
- нікоти́н (nikotýn)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Urdu نِکوٹِین
- نِکوٹِین (nikoṭīn)addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Vietnamese nicotin, nhựa thuốc
- nicotinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- nhựa thuốcaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
- nicôtinaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
Welsh nicotîn
- nicotînaddictive alkaloid derived from tobacco
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Cite this entry
nicotine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nicotine
“nicotine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nicotine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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