ricin

English

Etymology

From Latin ricinus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪsɪn, -aɪsən
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪsɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ricin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
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     It had to be one of three things: A hoax. Or anthrax, which meant I’d have to go on Cipro for a month. Or if it was ricin, I was dead, so bye-bye.

Translations

poison

• Arabic: رِيْسِيْن (riysiyn)
• Armenian: ռիցին (ṙicʻin)
• Bulgarian: рици́н m (ricín)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓖麻毒素 (zh) (bìmá dúsù)

• Finnish: risiinimyrkky, risiini (fi)
• French: ricine (fr) f
• German: Rizin (de) n
• Italian: ricina f
• Japanese: リシン (ja) (rishin)
• Polish: rycyna f
• Romanian: ricină (ro) f
• Russian: рици́н (ru) m (ricín)
• Spanish: ricino (es)
• Turkish: risin

Further reading

• ricin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin ricinus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ricin m (plural ricins)

1. castor oil plant
2. a tick of the species Ixodes ricinus

Derived terms

• ricin commun

 

Related terms

• ricine

 

Further reading

• “ricin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ricinus or German Rizinus.

Noun

ricin m (plural ricini)

1. castor oil plant

Declension

Declension of ricin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ricin	ricinul	(niște) ricini	ricinii
genitive/dative	(unui) ricin	ricinului	(unor) ricini	ricinilor
vocative	ricinule		ricinilor