opium
French, noun/ɔ.pjɔm/
opium is spelled O-P-I-U-M (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opium is a French masculine noun meaning “opium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suc de plusieurs espèces de pavots, notamment le pavot somnifère (Papaver somniferum) qui a des propriétés…”.
What does opium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suc de plusieurs espèces de pavots, notamment le pavot somnifère (Papaver somniferum) qui a des propriétés narcotiques. 2. Ce qui engourdit l’esprit, substitue le rêve à la réalité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of opium
- opiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opium?
- /ɔ.pjɔm/
- \ɔ.pjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to opium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opium in French?
opium appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).