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quinine
English
Etymology
The noun is either:
- derived from Spanish quina (“quinine”) (a clipping of quinaquina (“Cinchona bark”)) + English -ine (suffix forming names of chemical substances, especially (among others) alkaloidal substances);; or
- borrowed from French quinine, from quin(quina) (“Cinchona bark”) + -ine (feminine form of -in (suffix forming nouns)).
Spanish quinaquina and French quinquina are both derived from Quechua kina-kina, a reduplication of kina (“bark; (specifically) Cinchona bark”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw?.ni?n/, /kw??ni?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kwa?.na?n/, /?kw?.na?n/, /kw??na?n/, /?kw?.nin/, /?k?.nin/
- Rhymes: -i?n, -a?n (some pronunciations)
- Hyphenation: qui?nine
Noun
quinine (countable and uncountable, plural quinines)
- (pharmacology) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C??H??N?O? derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona) used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- Jesuit's bark
Verb
quinine (third-person singular simple present quinines, present participle quinining, simple past and past participle quinined)
- (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.
- Synonym: (obsolete) quininize
Derived terms
- quinined (adjective)
Translations
References
Further reading
- quinine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.nin/
Noun
quinine f (plural quinines)
- quinine
References
- “quinine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
Further reading
- “quinine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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quinic
English
Etymology
quinine +? -ic
Adjective
quinic (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
Derived terms
- quinic acid
- quinic ether
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