hallucinogen

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See also: hallucinogén

English

Etymology

From hallucination +‎ -o- (interconsonantal) +‎ -gen (producer).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhæl.uːˈsɪn.ə.dʒən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.d͡ʒɛn/
  • Hyphenation: hal‧lu‧cino‧gen

Noun

hallucinogen (plural hallucinogens)

  1. Any substance tending to induce hallucination.

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Swedish

Noun

hallucinogen c

  1. a hallucinogen

Declension

Declension of hallucinogen
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hallucinogen hallucinogens
definite hallucinogenen hallucinogenens
plural indefinite hallucinogener hallucinogeners
definite hallucinogenerna hallucinogenernas

Adjective

hallucinogen (not comparable)

  1. hallucinogenic

Declension

Inflection of hallucinogen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hallucinogen
neuter singular hallucinogent
plural hallucinogena
masculine plural2 hallucinogene
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hallucinogene
all hallucinogena

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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