stimulant

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Noun

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stimulant (plural stimulants)

  1. (pharmacology) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.
  2. Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.
    • 1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 41:
      I was never to feel anything comparable under the influence of orthodox religious stimulants.

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Adjective

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stimulant (not comparable)

  1. (pharmacology) Acting as a stimulant.

French

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Participle

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stimulant

  1. present participle of stimuler

Noun

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stimulant m (plural stimulants)

  1. Stimulant

Adjective

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stimulant (feminine stimulante, masculine plural stimulants, feminine plural stimulantes)

  1. stimulating

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Latin

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Verb

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stimulant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of stimulō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French stimulant. By surface analysis, stimula +‎ -ant.

Adjective

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stimulant m or n (feminine singular stimulantă, masculine plural stimulanți, feminine and neuter plural stimulante)

  1. stimulating

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative
indefinite stimulant stimulantă stimulanți stimulante
definite stimulantul stimulanta stimulanții stimulantele
genitive/
dative
indefinite stimulant stimulante stimulanți stimulante
definite stimulantului stimulantei stimulanților stimulantelor