paracetamol

• acetaminophen (Canada, US)

Contraction of para-acetylaminophenol.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/, /pæ.ɹəˈsiː.təm.ɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsiː.təˌmɔl/

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paracetamol (countable and uncountable, plural paracetamols)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
   • 2025 September 22, Lauren Gardner, “Co-author of study linking Tylenol to autism says pain reliever still an option”, in POLITICO‎^[1]:

     So you know, we have a good case with an increasing body of evidence, supported by a trifecta of research from human epidemiology, animal and in vitro studies, which suggests that prenatal acetaminophen or paracetamol might alter fetal development, increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.

• “paracetamol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “paracetamol”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• IPA^(key): [ˈparat͡sɛtamol]

paracetamol m inan

1. (pharmacology) paracetamol, acetaminophen

   Synonym: (rare) acetaminofen m

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Contraction of para-acetylaminofenol, probably influenced by English paracetamol.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaːraːˌseːtaːˈmɔl/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ce‧ta‧mol

paracetamol m (uncountable, diminutive paracetamolletje n)

1. acetaminophen (white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever)

• aspirine

paracetamol m (uncountable)

1. paracetamol (medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever)

• “paracetamol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “paracetamol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French paracétamol.

paracetamol n (uncountable)

1. paracetamol

• IPA^(key): /paɾaθetaˈmol/ [pa.ɾa.θe.t̪aˈmol] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /paɾasetaˈmol/ [pa.ɾa.se.t̪aˈmol] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧ce‧ta‧mol

paracetamol m (plural paracetamoles)

1. (pharmacology) paracetamol

• “paracetamol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025