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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