aspirine

Borrowed from German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”). The second word comes from the name of the plant genus Spiraea.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑs.piˈri.nə/

• aspirine

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• Hyphenation: as‧pi‧ri‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

aspirine f (plural aspirines, diminutive aspirientje n)

1. (pharmacology) aspirin
2. (by extension) any tranquilizer
3. (by extension) any painkiller

   Zou ik een aspirientje mogen, alstublieft?

   Could I have a painkiller, please?

• aspirinetablet

Borrowed from German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”). The second word comes from the name of the plant genus Spiraea.

• IPA^(key): /as.pi.ʁin/

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aspirine f (plural aspirines)

1. (pharmacology) an aspirin (analgesic drug)

• blanc comme un cachet d’aspirine

• → Romanian: aspirină
• → Turkish: aspirin

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

• Parisien, parisien, pinerais

aspirine f

1. plural of aspirina

• Piranesi, persiani, ripensai, ripianse