different between poisonous vs naja

English

Etymology

From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse, equivalent to poison +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??z?n?s/, /?p??zn?s/

Adjective

poisonous (comparative more poisonous, superlative most poisonous)

1. Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.

   Synonyms: poisoned, toxic, venomous, (dialectal or archaic) attery

   Antonyms: nonpoisonous, unpoisonous

2. (figuratively) Negative, harmful.

   Synonym: toxic

Usage notes

Some speakers make a distinction between poisonous (releasing toxins when eaten), and venomous (releasing toxins (known as venom in this case) by biting a target), especially in non-colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (n?ga), from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).

Noun

naja (plural najas)

1. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras

See also

• Naja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Naja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Naja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Jana

French

Noun

naja m (plural najas)

1. cobra (venomous snake)

Further reading

• “naja” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Alternative forms

• na ja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na(?)?ja(?)/

Interjection

naja

1. well
2. uh-huh, if you say so (expresses disagreement with what was said but an unwillingness to argue about it)

Greenlandic

Noun

naja (plural najat)

1. Alternative form of najak

Italian

Noun

naja f (uncountable)

1. (slang) compulsory military service; draft, conscription

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *n?h. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhu?tl (“I”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?naha/

Pronoun

naja

1. (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.

See also

• ni- (subject marker)
• nech- (object marker)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “serpent, snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?na.?a/

Noun

naja f (plural najas)

1. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra

   Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo

Spanish

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “serpent, snake”).

Noun

naja f (plural najas)

1. a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra

   Synonym: cobra

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian naja

Noun

naja f (invariable)

1. conscription, military service