hallucinogen

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)

Any substance tending to induce hallucination.

Hyponyms

entheogen

Derived terms

hallucinogenic

Translations

that which causes hallucinations

Bashkir: галлюциноген (gallyutsinogen)
Catalan: al·lucinogen (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迷幻劑 / 迷幻剂 (míhuànjì)
Czech: halucinogen m
Dutch: hallucinogeen (nl)
Estonian: hallutsinogeen
Finnish: hallusinogeeni (fi)
French: hallucinogène (fr) m
German: Halluzinogen (de) n
Greek: παραισθησιογόνο (el) n (paraisthisiogóno)
Hungarian: hallucinogén (hu)
Kazakh: галлюциноген (gallüsinogen)
Korean: 환각제(幻覺劑) (ko) (hwan'gakje)
Kyrgyz: галлюциноген (gallyutsinogen)
Persian: توهم‌زا (tavahhom-zâ)
Polish: halucynogen (pl) m
Portuguese: alucinógeno (pt) m
Russian: галлюциноге́н (ru) m (galljucinogén)
Spanish: alucinógeno m
Swedish: hallucinogen (sv) c
Turkish: halüsinojen
Ukrainian: галюциноге́н m (haljucynohén)

Swedish

Noun

hallucinogen c

a hallucinogen

Declension

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

Adjective

hallucinogen (not comparable)

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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