different between cocaine vs cocain

English

Alternative forms

• cocain (dated)
• cocaïne (obsolete)

Etymology

From coca +? -ine, from Quechua kuka.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?(?)?ke?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko??ke?n/, /?ko??ke?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

cocaine (countable and uncountable, plural cocaines)

1. (uncountable, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

   Synonyms: blow, coke, girl, nose candy, powder, rock, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay; see also Thesaurus:cocaine
2. (countable) Any derivative of cocaine.

Derived terms

• -caine

Related terms

• cokehead
• hydroxytropacocaine
• tropacocaine

Translations

See also

• crack
• snort

Further reading

• “cocaine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cocaine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• cocaine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Oceanic, oceanic

Italian

Noun

cocaine f

1. plural of cocaina

Anagrams

• acneico
• oceanic

English

Noun

cocain (uncountable)

1. Dated form of cocaine.
   • 1905, Dental Society of the State of New York, Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York (volumes 37-40, page 106)

     My attention was called to this many years ago, very shortly after the introduction of cocain as a local anesthetic.

   • 1914, Transactions of the Section on Genito-Urinary Diseases of the American Medical Association, page 80:

     After opening the bladder (incision extending 1 inch pubically from peritoneal fold) the prostate was was injected deeply with 1 per cent. cocain while the pericapsular region was injected with the 1 : 400 novocain solution.

Anagrams

• Cancio