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opium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ōp′yəm
• /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• ō′pēəm
• /ˈəʊ.pi.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈoʊp.jəm/ (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor. Latin opiumbor. ▲ Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor. English opium Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“juice, resin”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
   • When Zhang Jiao and his Yellow Turbans send their peasants, they're not sending their best. They're sending peasants with lots of problems and the peasants bring their problems across the Yangtze. They're bringing opium, they're bandits. And some, I assume, are good people. 2026 January 27, obongommunism, Instagram, depicts the speaker as U.S. President Donald Trump as a Han dynasty emperor:
   • Opium is largely used by the Chinese as a sexual provocation, both by men and women. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 169:
   • From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…] 1777, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 7th edition, London: […] S. Crowder, […]; J. Sewell, […]; W. Johnston, […]; and B. Law, […], →OCLC, page 277:
2. (broadly, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
   • Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people. 1843, Karl Marx, Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie [A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right]:

Forms

Deriveds

antiopium · opium poppy · opium lamp · lanthopine · antiopiumist · opiumism · Opium War · opium pipe · copium · opium pillow · opium alkaloid · opium-eating · opianine · opium den · opiorphin · wine of opium · opiumist · lettuce opium · opiumlike · hopium · opium-eater · opiomania

Hypernyms

opiate · drug · recreational drug · opioid

Hyponyms

yen pok · high-hat · laudanum · Dover's powder

Synonyms

mud · pin gon · gondola · gee · big O · dream gun · goric · guma · skee · meconium · God's medicine · pox · ope · pen yan · dream stick · chandu · when-shee · dopium · zero · Chinese tobacco · opiate · hop/hops · yen · aunti/aunti Emma · ze · toxy · midnight oil · fi-do-nie

Translations (154)

be о́пій (drug from opium poppy) · ast opiu (drug from opium poppy) · he אוֹפְּיוּם (drug from opium poppy) · ky апийим (drug from opium poppy) · te నల్లమందు (drug from opium poppy) · th ฝิ่น (drug from opium poppy) · my ဘိန်း (drug from opium poppy) · sh òpijūm (drug from opium poppy) · hi अहिफेन (drug from opium poppy) · shn ၽိၼ် (drug from opium poppy) · mnc ᠶᠠᡵᠰᡳ (drug from opium poppy) · iba piun (drug from opium poppy) · ceb upyo (drug from opium poppy) · si කංසා (drug from opium poppy) · hil ópyo (drug from opium poppy) · sh о̀пијӯм (anything that numbs or stupefies) · cmn 阿芙蓉 (drug from opium poppy) · shn ၽိင်း (drug from opium poppy) · cdo 阿片 (drug from opium poppy) · xal манцн (drug from opium poppy) · gu અહિફેન (drug from opium poppy) · kmr afyon (drug from opium poppy) · lt opijus (drug from opium poppy) · grc μηκώνιον (drug from opium poppy) · tl opyo (drug from opium poppy) · grc ὄπιον (drug from opium poppy) · hi अफेन (drug from opium poppy) · et oopium (drug from opium poppy) · it oppio (drug from opium poppy) · tr afyon (drug from opium poppy) · sh о̀пијӯм (drug from opium poppy) · ms candu (drug from opium poppy) · de Opium (drug from opium poppy) · vi thuốc phiện (drug from opium poppy) · ml അവീൻ (drug from opium poppy) · az opium (drug from opium poppy) · pl opium (drug from opium poppy) · is ópíum (anything that numbs or stupefies) · ca opi (drug from opium poppy) · kl opiummi (drug from opium poppy) · mn опиум (drug from opium poppy) · tcy ಅಫೀಮು (drug from opium poppy) · hy ափիոն (drug from opium poppy) · sk ópium (drug from opium poppy) · ur افیون (drug from opium poppy) · iba chandu (drug from opium poppy) · hi अफ़ीम (drug from opium poppy) · ps اپين (drug from opium poppy) · ja 阿片 (drug from opium poppy) · eo opio (drug from opium poppy) · fr opium (drug from opium poppy) · nl opium (anything that numbs or stupefies) · pl opium dla mas (anything that numbs or stupefies) · az afyon (drug from opium poppy) · tg афюн (drug from opium poppy) · lt opiumas (drug from opium poppy) · jv ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (drug from opium poppy) · ml കറുപ്പ് (drug from opium poppy) · ga óipiam (drug from opium poppy) · tcy ಅಫೀನಿ (drug from opium poppy) · cy opiwm (drug from opium poppy) · sw afyuni (drug from opium poppy) · si අබිං (drug from opium poppy) · uk о́пій (drug from opium poppy) · pa ਅਫੀਮ (drug from opium poppy) · haw ʻopiuma (drug from opium poppy) · mrw apiyon (drug from opium poppy) · mrw apiyom (drug from opium poppy) · new अफिम (drug from opium poppy) · sa अहिफेन (drug from opium poppy) · vi á phiện (drug from opium poppy) · te అభిని (drug from opium poppy) · km អាភៀន (drug from opium poppy) · ru о́пиум (drug from opium poppy) · ka ოპიუმი (drug from opium poppy) · yue 鴉片 /鸦片 (drug from opium poppy) · cmn 麻藥 /麻药 (anything that numbs or stupefies) · id opium (drug from opium poppy) · hu ópium (drug from opium poppy) · ja オピウム (drug from opium poppy) · mrw ampiyon (drug from opium poppy) · nan-hbl 鴉片 /鸦片 (drug from opium poppy) · hu áfium (drug from opium poppy) · el όπιο (drug from opium poppy) · es opio (drug from opium poppy) · as কানি (drug from opium poppy) · ceb upyum (drug from opium poppy) · ms candu (drug from opium poppy) · pdt Monsauft (drug from opium poppy) · nn opium (drug from opium poppy) · pl opium (anything that numbs or stupefies) · id madat (drug from opium poppy) · ro opiu (drug from opium poppy) · da opium (drug from opium poppy) · tl ampiyon (drug from opium poppy) · ta அபினி (drug from opium poppy) · kn ಎಲೆಮದ್ದು (drug from opium poppy) · fa افیون (drug from opium poppy) · sd आफ़ीम (drug from opium poppy) · lo ຝີ່ນ (drug from opium poppy) · cmn 鴉片 /鸦片 (anything that numbs or stupefies) · arz افيون (drug from opium poppy) · sv opium (drug from opium poppy) · mt loppju (drug from opium poppy) · uz afyun (drug from opium poppy) · el όπιο (anything that numbs or stupefies) · ar أَفْيُون (drug from opium poppy) · ja 鴉片 (drug from opium poppy) · es anfión (drug from opium poppy) · kn ಅಫೀಮು (drug from opium poppy) · pt ópio (drug from opium poppy) · de Opium (anything that numbs or stupefies) · uk о́піум (drug from opium poppy) · as আফিং (drug from opium poppy) · ko 아편 (drug from opium poppy) · fi oopiumi (drug from opium poppy) · scn loppiu (drug from opium poppy) · jv ꦩꦢꦠ꧀ (drug from opium poppy) · cs opium (drug from opium poppy) · si මාඩා (drug from opium poppy) · kk апиын (drug from opium poppy) · sh òpijūm (anything that numbs or stupefies) · oc opiom (drug from opium poppy) · ru о́пий (drug from opium poppy) · id candu (drug from opium poppy) · tl opyum (drug from opium poppy) · is ópíum (drug from opium poppy) · id apiun (drug from opium poppy) · cmn 阿片 (drug from opium poppy) · ps اپيم (drug from opium poppy) · mn мансууруулагч (drug from opium poppy) · mnw ဘိၚ် (drug from opium poppy) · mi opiuma (drug from opium poppy) · fi oopiumi (anything that numbs or stupefies) · be о́піюм (drug from opium poppy) · khb ᦚᦲᧃᧈ (drug from opium poppy) · mnw ဘိၚ် (drug from opium poppy) · gu અફીણ (drug from opium poppy) · cmn 鴉片 /鸦片 (drug from opium poppy) · bg о́пиум (drug from opium poppy) · ta அபின் (drug from opium poppy) · ne अफिम (drug from opium poppy) · ceb ampiyon (drug from opium poppy) · bn আফিম (drug from opium poppy) · jje 얘펜 (drug from opium poppy) · war opyo (drug from opium poppy) · nb opium (drug from opium poppy) · kac ka-ni (drug from opium poppy) · cdo 鴉片 /鸦片 (drug from opium poppy) · tl apyan (drug from opium poppy) · hil apián (drug from opium poppy) · nl opium (drug from opium poppy) · gl opio (drug from opium poppy) · mk опиум (drug from opium poppy)

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