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Meaning of Opium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈoʊ.pi.əm

Definitions

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.
uncountable
Anything that numbs or stupefies.
broadly, countable

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العربية أفيون الأفيون

Български опиум

বাংলা আফিম

Bosanski opijum opio опијум

Català opi

Čeština opium

Dansk opium

Deutsch Opium

Ελληνικά αφιόνι όπιο

Esperanto opio

Español anfión opio

Eesti oopium

فارسی افیون

Suomi oopiumi

Français opium

ગુજરાતી અફીણ

हिन्दी अफयूँ अफीम अफेन अहिफेन आफू चुन्नी बेगम हप्पू

Hrvatski opijum opio опијум

Magyar áfium

Հայերեն ափիոն

Bahasa Indonesia apiun candu madat

Íslenska ópíum

Italiano oppio

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ქართული ოპიუმი

Қазақша апиын

ខ្មែរ អាភៀន

한국어 아편

Kurdî afyon

ລາວ ຝີ່ນ

Lietuvių opijus

Македонски опиум

മലയാളം അവീൻ കറുപ്പ്

Bahasa Melayu candu

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဘိန်း

Nederlands opium

Polski opium

پښتو اپيم اپين

Português ópio

Română opiu

Русский опий опиум

Српски opijum opio опијум

Svenska opium

Kiswahili afyuni

தமிழ் அபினி அபின்

తెలుగు అభిని నల్లమందు

Тоҷикӣ афюн

ไทย ฝิ่น ยา

Tagalog ampiyon apyan opyo opyum

Türkçe afyon

Українська опій опіум опіумний

اردو افیون

Oʻzbekcha afyun

Tiếng Việt á phiện nha phiến thuốc phiện xì ke

Examples

“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:[…]”

“Opium is largely used by the Chinese as a sexual provocation, both by men and women.”

“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.”

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Intermediate
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