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English
Pronunciation
Noun
intoxicant (plural intoxicants)
- Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.
Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
- Poison.
Translations
Adjective
intoxicant (not comparable)
- Intoxicating.
Derived terms
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “intoxicant”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “intoxicant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Adjective
intoxicant (feminine intoxicante, masculine plural intoxicants, feminine plural intoxicantes)
- Alternative spelling of intoxiquant
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French intoxicant.
Adjective
intoxicant m or n (feminine singular intoxicantă, masculine plural intoxicanți, feminine and neuter plural intoxicante)
- intoxicating
Declension
References
- intoxicant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN