From , from Quechua kuka.

• (RP) IPA: /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
• (America) IPA: /koʊˈkeɪn/, /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/

cocaine

1. (uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

   Synonyms: blow, coke, girl, nose candy, powder, rock, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay, Thesaurus:cocaine

   • 1891 June 24, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure I.—A Scandal in Bohemia.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II, London: George Newnes, Limited, […], published July 1891, →OCLC ↗:

     Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker-street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.

2. (countable) Any derivative of cocaine.

• cokehead
• hydroxytropacocaine
• tropacocaine

• French: cocaïne
• German: Kokain
• Italian: cocaina
• Portuguese: cocaína
• Russian: кокаи́н
• Spanish: cocaína