"junkie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/ Audio: En-au-junkie.ogg [Australia] Forms: junkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋki Etymology: junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|junk|ie|id2=person associated|t1=narcotic drug}} junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} junkie (plural junkies)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People, Recreational drugs Synonyms: drug addict, addict
    Sense id: en-junkie-en-noun-9FoiZPxs Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie (person associated) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie (person associated): 69 31
  2. (slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something. Tags: broadly, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, enthusiast Translations (enthusiast): 愛好者 (Chinese Mandarin), 爱好者 (àihàozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), hullu (Finnish), accro [feminine, masculine] (French), люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), энтузиа́ст (entuziást) [masculine] (Russian), yonqui [slang] (Spanish), adicto [masculine] (Spanish), adicta [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-junkie-en-noun-roOuDfes Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'enthusiast': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: junky Derived forms: adrenaline junkie, tuna junkie

Noun [French]

Forms: junkies [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} junkie m or f by sense (plural junkies)
  1. junkie (drug dependant) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-junkie-fr-noun-F64Swv8g Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense

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