"caffeine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæfiːn/, /kæˈfiːn/ Audio: en-us-caffeine.ogg Forms: caffeines [plural], caffein [alternative]
Rhymes: -æfiːn, -iːn Etymology: Borrowed from French caféine, from café (“coffee”), or German Caffein, Kaffein (cp. Coffein, Koffein), from Kaffee (“coffee”) (cp. Kaffe, Koffee, Koffe), or Italian caffè (“coffee”) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|caféine}} Borrowed from French caféine, {{bor|en|de|Caffein}} German Caffein, {{bor|en|it|caffè|t=coffee}} Italian caffè (“coffee”), {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} caffeine (usually uncountable, plural caffeines)
  1. An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. Tags: uncountable, usually Coordinate_terms: guaranine, mateine, theine Translations (alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants): kafeinë [feminine] (Albanian), كَافِيِين (kāfiyīn) [masculine] (Arabic), կոֆեին (kofein) (Armenian), cafeína [feminine] (Asturian), kofein (Azerbaijani), кафеі́н (kafjeín) [masculine] (Belarusian), кафэі́н (kafeín) [masculine] (Belarusian), ক্যাফিন (kêphin) (Bengali), кофеи́н (kofeín) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကေဖိန်း (kehpin:) (Burmese), cafeïna [feminine] (Catalan), 咖啡因 (ka-pi-in) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 咖啡因 (gaa³ fe¹ jan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 咖啡因 (kāfēiyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 咖啡鹼 /咖啡碱 (kāfēijiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kofein [masculine] (Czech), koffein [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), cafeïne [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kafeino (Esperanto), kofeiin (Estonian), kofeiini (Finnish), caféine [feminine] (French), cafeína [feminine] (Galician), კოფეინი (ḳopeini) (Georgian), Koffein [neuter] (German), Coffein [neuter] (German), καφεΐνη (kafeḯni) [feminine] (Greek), 咖啡因 (kha-fei-yin, kà-pì-yîn) (Hakka Chinese), קָפֶאִין (kafeín) [masculine] (Hebrew), कैफ़ीन (kaifīn) [feminine] (Hindi), कैफीन (kaiphīn) [feminine] (Hindi), koffein (Hungarian), koffín [neuter] (Icelandic), kaffín [dated, neuter] (Icelandic), kafeino (Ido), kafein (Indonesian), کافِئین (kâfe'in) (Iranian Persian), caiféin [feminine] (Irish), caffeina [feminine] (Italian), カフェイン (kafein) (Japanese), кофеин (kofein) (Kazakh), កាហ្វេអ៊ីន (kaafeeʼiin) (Khmer), 카페인 (kapein) (Korean), кофеин (kofein) (Kyrgyz), ກາເຟອີນ (kā fē ʼīn) (Lao), ຄາເຟອີນ (khā fē ʼīn) (Lao), coffēinum [neuter] (Latin), kofeīns [masculine] (Latvian), kofeinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), кофеи́н (kofeín) [masculine] (Macedonian), kafeinina (Malagasy), kafeina (Malagasy), kafein (Malay), caffeen [feminine] (Manx), кофеин (kofein) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), koffein [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), koffein [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kofeina [feminine] (Polish), cafeína [feminine] (Portuguese), cafeină [feminine] (Romanian), cofeină [feminine] (Romanian), кофеи́н (kofeín) [masculine] (Russian), caifein [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), кофѐӣн [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kofèīn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kofeín [masculine] (Slovak), kofein [masculine] (Slovene), cafeína [feminine] (Spanish), kafeini (Swahili), koffein [neuter] (Swedish), кофеин (kofeyin) (Tajik), กาเฟอีน (gaa-fee-iin) (Thai), คาเฟอีน (kaa-fee-iin) (Thai), kafein (Turkish), kafein (Turkmen), kafeyin (Turkmen), кофеї́н (kofejín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کَیفِین (kaifīn) [feminine] (Urdu), كوففېئىن (koffë'in) (Uyghur), kofein (Uzbek), cafêin (Vietnamese), cà phê tinh (Vietnamese), caffein (Vietnamese), kafein (Volapük), caffîn [masculine] (Welsh), קאַפֿעיִן (kafein) [masculine] (Yiddish), kaféènì (Yoruba)
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          "text": "Hitherto, in consequence of its slight solubility, caffeine has been administered hypodermically only in very small doses ; in fact, at the ordinary temperature, it requires 93 parts of water to dissolve, so that a cubic centimeter would contain scarcely more than a centigram.",
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          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "كَافِيِين"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "roman": "kofein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "կոֆեին"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeína"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kofein"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "kafjeín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кафеі́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "kafeín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кафэі́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "lang_code": "bn",
          "roman": "kêphin",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "ক্যাফিন"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "kofeín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кофеи́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "lang_code": "my",
          "roman": "kehpin:",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "ကေဖိန်း"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeïna"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "lang_code": "yue",
          "roman": "gaa³ fe¹ jan¹",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "咖啡因"
        },
        {
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "lang_code": "hak",
          "roman": "kha-fei-yin, kà-pì-yîn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "咖啡因"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
          "roman": "ka-pi-in",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "咖啡因"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "kāfēiyīn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "咖啡因"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "kāfēijiǎn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "咖啡鹼 /咖啡碱"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kofein"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "koffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeïne"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafeino"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kofeiin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kofeiini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caféine"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeína"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "ḳopeini",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "კოფეინი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Koffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Coffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "kafeḯni",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "καφεΐνη"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "roman": "kafeín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קָפֶאִין"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "kaifīn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "कैफ़ीन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "kaiphīn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "कैफीन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "koffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "koffín"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kaffín"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafeino"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafein"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caiféin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caffeina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "kafein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "カフェイン"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "kofein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "кофеин"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
          "roman": "kaafeeʼiin",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "កាហ្វេអ៊ីន"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "kapein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "카페인"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "lang_code": "ky",
          "roman": "kofein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "кофеин"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "roman": "kā fē ʼīn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "ກາເຟອີນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "roman": "khā fē ʼīn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "ຄາເຟອີນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "coffēinum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kofeīns"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kofeinas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "kofeín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кофеи́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "lang_code": "mg",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafeinina"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "lang_code": "mg",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafeina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "lang_code": "ms",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafein"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "lang_code": "gv",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caffeen"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "lang_code": "mn",
          "roman": "kofein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "кофеин"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "koffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "koffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa-ira",
          "roman": "kâfe'in",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "کافِئین"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kofeina"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeína"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeină"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cofeină"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "kofeín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кофеи́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caifein"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кофѐӣн"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kofèīn"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kofeín"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "lang_code": "sl",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kofein"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cafeína"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "lang_code": "sw",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafeini"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "koffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "kofeyin",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "кофеин"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "lang_code": "th",
          "roman": "gaa-fee-iin",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "กาเฟอีน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "lang_code": "th",
          "roman": "kaa-fee-iin",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "คาเฟอีน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafein"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "lang_code": "tk",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafein"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "lang_code": "tk",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafeyin"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "kofejín",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кофеї́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "kaifīn",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "کَیفِین"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "lang_code": "ug",
          "roman": "koffë'in",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "كوففېئىن"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "lang_code": "uz",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kofein"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "lang_code": "vi",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "cafêin"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "lang_code": "vi",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "cà phê tinh"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "lang_code": "vi",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "caffein"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kafein"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caffîn"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "kafein",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קאַפֿעיִן"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "lang_code": "yo",
          "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
          "word": "kaféènì"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæfiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæˈfiːn/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-caffeine.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-caffeine.ogg/En-us-caffeine.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-caffeine.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfiːn"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caffeine"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "apocaffeine"
    },
    {
      "word": "cafedrine"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeinate"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeine dependence"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeine-free"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeineless"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeinelike"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeine up"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeine use disorder"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeinic"
    },
    {
      "word": "caffeinism"
    },
    {
      "word": "diethoxyhydroxycaffeine"
    },
    {
      "word": "hydroxycaffeine"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypocaffeine"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncaffeine"
    },
    {
      "word": "supercaffeine"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "caféine"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French caféine",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Caffein"
      },
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      "word": "կոֆեին"
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      "word": "ক্যাফিন"
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "ကေဖိန်း"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kofeiini"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cafeína"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ḳopeini",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "კოფეინი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Koffein"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Coffein"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "καφεΐνη"
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      "roman": "kafeín",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "קָפֶאִין"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "koffein"
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      "word": "koffín"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "caiféin"
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      "word": "កាហ្វេអ៊ីន"
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      "word": "카페인"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
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      "code": "mg",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "kafein"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "کافِئین"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kofeina"
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cafeína"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кофѐӣн"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kofèīn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kofeín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kofein"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cafeína"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kafeini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koffein"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "kofeyin",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "кофеин"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "gaa-fee-iin",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "กาเฟอีน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "kaa-fee-iin",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "คาเฟอีน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kafein"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kafein"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kafeyin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kofejín",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кофеї́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "kaifīn",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "کَیفِین"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "koffë'in",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "كوففېئىن"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kofein"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "cafêin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "cà phê tinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "caffein"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kafein"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caffîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "kafein",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאַפֿעיִן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "lang_code": "yo",
      "sense": "alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants",
      "word": "kaféènì"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caffeine"
}

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