"novichok" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: novichoks [plural]
Etymology: From Russian новичо́к (novičók, literally “newbie, newcomer”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|новичо́к||lit=newbie, newcomer}} Russian новичо́к (novičók, literally “newbie, newcomer”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} novichok (countable and uncountable, plural novichoks)
  1. Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: foliant (alt: CIA codename), Novichok Translations (nerve agent): навічо́к (navičók) [masculine] (Belarusian), নোভিচক (nōbhicok) (Bengali), novitxok [masculine] (Catalan), 諾維喬克 (Chinese Mandarin), 诺维乔克 (nuòwéiqiáokè) (Chinese Mandarin), novičok [masculine] (Czech), novitsjok [masculine] (Dutch), novitšok (Estonian), novitšok (Finnish), novitchok [masculine] (French), ნოვიჩოკი (novičoḳi) (Georgian), Nowitschok [masculine] (German), νοβιτσόκ (novitsók) [masculine] (Greek), novicsok (Hungarian), novičok [masculine] (Italian), ノビチョク (nobichoku) (Japanese), 노비초크 (nobichokeu) (Korean), novitsjok (Norwegian Bokmål), nowiczok [masculine] (Polish), novichok [masculine] (Portuguese), новичо́к (novičók) [masculine] (Russian), novičok [masculine] (Slovak), novičok [masculine] (Slovene), novichok [masculine] (Spanish), novichok (Turkish), noviçok (Turkish), новичо́к (novyčók) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nerve agent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "novichok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "nerve agent",
      "word": "novichok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "nerve agent",
      "word": "noviçok"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "novyčók",
      "sense": "nerve agent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "новичо́к"
    }
  ],
  "word": "novichok"
}

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