aspirin

aspirin

See also: Aspirin

English

Etymology

From the German trademark Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsp(ɪ)ɹɪn/

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Noun

aspirin (countable and uncountable, plural aspirins)

1. (uncountable, pharmacology) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid

   Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, ASA

   Hypernym: NSAID

   Coordinate terms: Tylenol/tylenol, paracetamol, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, codeine

2. (countable) a tablet containing this substance
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 107:

     "It nearly drove me insane. I took heaven alone knows how many aspirins."

Derived terms

• aspirinate

Translations

analgesic drug

Albanian: aspirinë (sq) Arabic: أَسْبِرِين‎ (ar) m (ʾasbirīn) Armenian: ասպիրին (hy) (aspirin) Bulgarian: аспири́н m (aspirín) Catalan: aspirina f Chinese: Cantonese: 阿士匹靈, 阿士匹灵 (aa3 si6 pat1 ling4) Hakka: 阿斯匹靈, 阿斯匹灵 (à-sṳ-phi-lín) Mandarin: 阿斯匹靈／阿斯匹灵 (zh) (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng), 阿司匹靈／阿司匹灵 (zh) (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng), 阿司匹林 (zh) (āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín), 阿斯匹林 (zh) (āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín) Czech: aspirin m Dutch: aspirine (nl) Esperanto: aspirino Estonian: aspiriin Finnish: aspiriini (fi) French: aspirine (fr) f Galician: aspirina (gl) f German: Aspirin (de) n Greek: ασπιρίνη (el) f (aspiríni) Haitian Creole: aspirin Hebrew: אַסְפִּירִין‎ m (aspirín) Hindi: एस्पिरिन m (espirin) Hungarian: aszpirin (hu) Indonesian: aspirin (id), asam asetilsalisilat (id) Italian: aspirina (it) f Japanese: アスピリン (asupirin) Khmer: អាស្ពីរីន (ʼaahpiiriin) Norwegian: Bokmål: aspirin m, acetylsalisylsyre m or f Polish: aspiryna (pl) f Portuguese: aspirina (pt) f Romanian: aspirină (ro) f Russian: аспири́н (ru) m (aspirín) Spanish: aspirina (es) f, aspirinar f Swahili: aspirini Tagalog: aspirina Thai: แอสไพริน (ɛ́ɛs-pai-rin) Yiddish: אַספּירין‎ f (aspirin) Zhuang: ahswhbizlinz

tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid

Albanian: aspirinë (sq) Chinese: Cantonese: 阿士匹靈, 阿士匹灵 (aa3 si6 pat1 ling4) Hakka: 阿斯匹靈, 阿斯匹灵 (à-sṳ-phi-lín) Mandarin: 阿斯匹靈／阿斯匹灵 (zh) (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng), 阿司匹靈／阿司匹灵 (zh) (āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng), 阿司匹林 (zh) (āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín), 阿斯匹林 (zh) (āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín) Dutch: aspirientje (nl) n Finnish: aspiriini (fi) Greek: ασπιρίνη (el) f (aspiríni) Haitian Creole: aspirin Hungarian: aszpirin (hu) Indonesian: aspirin (id) Norwegian: Bokmål: aspirin m Persian: آسپرین‎ (fa) Romanian: aspirină (ro) f Swahili: aspirini Tagalog: aspirina Thai: แอสไพริน (ɛ́ɛs-pai-rin) Turkish: aspirin (tr)

Further reading

• aspirin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Piranis, in pairs

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈpi.ɾin/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.ɾin/

Verb

aspirin

1. third-person plural present subjunctive form of aspirar
2. third-person plural imperative form of aspirar

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Czech

Noun

aspirin m

1. aspirin

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch aspirine, from the German trademark Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asˈpirɪn]
• Hyphenation: as‧pi‧rin

Noun

aspirin (first-person possessive aspirinku, second-person possessive aspirinmu, third-person possessive aspirinnya)

1. (pharmacology) aspirin

   Synonym: asam asetilsalisilat

Further reading

• “aspirin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aspǐriːn/
• Hyphenation: a‧spi‧rin

Noun

aspìrīn m (Cyrillic spelling аспѝрӣн)

1. aspirin

Declension

Declension of aspirin

	singular
nominative	aspìrīn
genitive	aspirína
dative	aspirinu
accusative	aspirin
vocative	aspirine
locative	aspirinu
instrumental	aspirinom