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Heroin
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heroin heróín hê-rô-in
German
Etymology 1
Invented as a brand name by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, which started marketing heroine in 1895. The name was coined to evoke de heroisch heroic, ultimately from Greek grc ἥρως hero.
Pronunciation
de /heʁoˈiːn/
de De-Heroin2.ogg
de He ro in
Noun
n.sg
heroin
de Diacetylmorphin<g:n> Diamorphin<g:n>
de Ganz Wien Einzelhaft Falco (musician) Falco 1982 Ganz Wien / Ist heit auf Heroin / Ganz Wien / Träumt mit Mozambin / Ganz Wien, Wien, Wien / Greift auch zu Kokain All of Vienna / Is on heroin the day / All of Vienna / Dreams with Mozambine / All of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna / Also uses cocaine
Declension
n.sg
Descendants
ast heroína 1
en heroin 1
fr héroïne<id:heroin> 1
it eroina 1
pl heroina 1
pt heroína 1
es heroína 1
Further reading
de
Heroin_Droge_Rauschgift Heroin (Droge)
Etymology 2
From de Heros -in. Alteration of the variant de Heroine, which is from de la heroina.
Pronunciation
de /heˈʁoː.ɪn/
de De-Heroin.ogg
de He ro in
Noun
f
de learned elevated female hero
de Heldin
de theatre heroine, female protagonist
Declension
f
Alternative forms
de Heroine
Further reading
Heroin_Heldin Heroin (Heldin)
de Recreational drugs