poisonous

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
 * 2)  Of an animal such as a snake or spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting poison.
 * 3)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Of an animal such as a snake or spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting poison.
 * 2)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Of an animal such as a snake or spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting poison.
 * 2)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Negative, harmful.
 * 1)  Negative, harmful.

Usage notes
Some speakers, especially in technical contexts, make a distinction between poisonous (releasing toxins when eaten), and (releasing toxins (known as venom in this case) by biting or stinging a target).

Translations

 * Arabic: سَامّ
 * Armenian: թունաւոր
 * Aromanian: nfãrmãcos, fãrmãchiros, toapsec
 * Asturian: venenosu
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ядаві́ты, атру́тны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: venena, veneniga
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: velenôs, tossic
 * Galician: velenoso
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ज़हरीला
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: eitraður
 * Ido:
 * Irish: nimhiúil
 * Italian: velenifero, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: улы
 * Latin: venēnōsus, venēnifer, toxicus
 * Latvian: indīgs
 * Luxembourgish: gëfteg
 * Macedonian: отровен
 * Manx: pyshoonagh, nieuagh
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: аяр
 * Neapolitan: 'ntussecoso
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ǣtren, ǣtriġ
 * Ottoman Turkish: مسموم
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਵਿਸੂਲ਼ਾ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: puinnseanta
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀тро̄ван
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: коронду
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Telugu: విషపూరిత
 * Tocharian B: wsetstse
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: отру́йний
 * Venetian: vełenoxo, tosegoxo, tosego
 * Volapük: venenik
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: סמיק, גיפֿטיק


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Luxembourgish: gëfteg