nicotine

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (uncountable) An alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
  2. (figuratively, uncountable) Tobacco or cigarettes.

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈnɪkətiːn/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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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