German

Noun

Heroin n ‎(genitive Heroins, no plural)

1. heroin

Declension

Synonyms

• Diacetylmorphin n
• Diamorphin n

Descendants

• Polish: heroina

English

Noun

heroin ‎(countable and uncountable, plural heroins)

1. A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
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     The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.

Synonyms

• (chemical names): diacetylmorphine, diamorphine
• (street names): Big H, boy, dope, junk, H, horse, Ron, ****, skag, smack, train
• See also Wikisaurus:heroin

Descendants

• Japanese: ヘロイン ‎(heroin)

Translations

Czech

Noun

heroin m

1. heroin

Synonyms

• herák

Danish

Noun

heroin c, n ‎(singular definite heroinen or heroinet, uncountable)

1. heroin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eroin

Noun

heroin

1. Instructive plural form of hera.

Japanese

Romanization

heroin

1. rōmaji reading of ヘロイン

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xerǒiːn/
• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧in

Noun

heròīn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling херо̀ӣн)

1. heroin

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From German Heroin.

Noun

heroin ‎(-et, rarely as plural)

1. heroin