colchicine

English

Etymology

From colchicum +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒl.tʃɪs.iːn/, /ˈkɒl.kɪs.iːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑl.t͡ʃəˌsiːn/, /ˈkɑl.kəˌsiːn/

Noun

colchicine (countable and uncountable, plural colchicines)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₂H₂₅NO₆, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.
   • 1964, Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice:

     Gloriosa superba: spectacularly beautiful climbing lily. Roots, stalks, leaves contain an acrid narcotic, superbine, as well as colchicine and choline. Three grains of colchicine are fatal. Hawaii.

Derived terms

• thiocolchicine

Translations

alkaloid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秋水仙素 (zh) (qiūshuǐxiānsù), 秋水仙鹼／秋水仙碱 (zh) (qiūshuǐxiānjiǎn)

• Czech: kolchicin
• Dutch: colchicine (nl) f
• Finnish: kolkisiini (fi)
• French: colchicine (fr) f
• German: Colchicin (de) n
• Greek: κολχικίνη (el) f (kolchikíni)
• Italian: colchicina f
• Japanese: コルヒチン (koruhichin)
• Kazakh: колхицин (kolxisin)
• Kyrgyz: колхицин (kolhitsin)
• Polish: kolchicyna (pl) f
• Russian: колхици́н (ru) (kolxicín)
• Turkish: kolşisin
• Walloon: coltchicene (wa)

References

• “colchicine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “colchicine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Colchicin. Equivalent to translingual Colchicum +‎ -ine. Ultimately derived from Colchis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔl.xiˈsi.nə/

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• Hyphenation: col‧chi‧ci‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

colchicine f (uncountable)

1. colchicine

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

colchicine f (plural colchicines)

1. colchicine

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

colchicine f

1. plural of colchicina

Anagrams

• cicloniche