flunitrazepam
/ˌflu.nəˈtɹæz.əˌpæm/noun
flunitrazepam is a noun meaning “A short-acting benzodiazepine derivative with relatively long-lasting sedative effects, used as a hypnotic and as a premedication for anesthesia…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-N-I-T-R-A-Z-E-P-A-M and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flunitrazepam mean?
noun
- 1
A short-acting benzodiazepine derivative with relatively long-lasting sedative effects, used as a hypnotic and as a premedication for anesthesia; 5-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-7-nitro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₆H₁₂FN₃O₃.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flunitrazepam?
- US /ˌflu.nəˈtɹæz.əˌpæm/
- US /ˌflu.naɪˈtɹæz.əˌpæm/
- UK /ˌfluː.nʌɪˈtɹeɪ.zɪ.pam/
Flunitrazepam has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Flunitrazepam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is flunitrazepam?
Flunitrazepam appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).