# opium
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“juice, resin”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈəʊ.pi.əm/
* Rhymes: -əʊpiəm
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

opium (countable and uncountable, plural opiums or opia)
* (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.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
** 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: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: […]
* (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
** 1843, Karl Marx, Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie [A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right]:Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.

#### Derived terms

* copium
* hopium
* lettuce opium
* opium alkaloid
* opium den
* opium-eater
* opium-eating
* opium lamp
* opium pillow
* opium pipe
* opium poppy
* Opium War
* wine of opium

#### Translations
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈopɪjum]

### Noun

opium n
* opium

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

Via Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

### Noun

opium n or c
* opium
** (by extension) activity that is stimulating and exiting

#### Derived terms

* opiumsvalmue
* råopium
* opiumshandel
* opiumsdråber
* opiumshule
* religion er opium for folket

### References

* “opium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoː.pi.ʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: opi‧um

### Noun

opium n or m (uncountable)
* opium
    Synonym: amfioen

#### Derived terms

* opiaat
* opiumchinees
* opiumderivaat
* opiumextract
* opiumhandel
* opiumhol
* opiumkit
* opiumoorlog
* opiumpijp
* opiumpil
* opiumroker
* opiumschuiver
* opiumsmokkel
* opiumsmokkelaar
* opiumsmokkelarij
* opiumverslaafd
* opiumverslaafde
* opiumverslaving

#### Related terms

* amfioen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: opium
* → Indonesian: opium
* → West Frisian: opium

## French
### Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.pjɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

opium m (plural opiums)
* opium

### Further reading

* “opium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch opium, from Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Doublet of apiun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔpiʊm/
* Hyphenation: opi‧um
* Rhymes: -ʊm, -m

### Noun

opium (plural opium-opium)
* opium: 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

#### Synonyms

* apiun
* candu
* madat

### Further reading

* “opium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* opion

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“juice, resin”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈo.pi.um/, [ˈɔpiʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.pi.um/, [ˈɔːpium]

### Noun

opium n (genitive opiī or opī); second declension
* opium, poppy-juice
** 2021 June 11, rozalinda (uploader), chapter 111111, in Scribd, contains some Latin and Albanian translations:Multa venēna ut coffēinum, opium, morphīnum suntThere are many poisons like caffeine, opium and morphine

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: opiu
* → Catalan: opi
* → Czech: opium
* → English: opium
* → French: opium
* → German: Opium
* → Italian: oppio
* → Middle Dutch: opium
** Dutch: opium
*** Afrikaans: opium
*** → Indonesian: opium
*** → West Frisian: opium
* → Portuguese: ópio
* → Romanian: opiu
* → Russian: о́пиум (ópium)
* → Spanish: opio

### References

* “opium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* opium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

### Noun

opium m (definite singular opiumen, uncountable)
* opium

#### Derived terms

* opiumsvalmue

#### Related terms

* opiat

### References

* “opium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “opium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

### Noun

opium n or m (definite singular opiumet or opiumen, uncountable)
* opium

#### Derived terms

* opiumsvalmue

#### Related terms

* opiat

### References

* “opium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Noun

opium n (uncountable)
* Alternative form of opiu

## Swedish
### Noun

opium c
* opium (a drug)
    Religionen är ett opium för folket.Religion is the opium of the people. (Karl Marx)

#### Derived terms

* opiat
* opioid
* opiumalkaloid
* opiumförbrukning
* opiumhalt
* opiumhandel
* opiuminförsel
* opiumkrig
* opiummissbruk
* opiumodling
* opiumpipa
* opiumpreparat
* opiumproduktion
* opiumtinktur
* opiumvallmo

### References

* opium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* opium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* opium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)