élixir

See also: elixir, elixír, and elíxir

French

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lik.siʁ/

Noun

élixir m (plural élixirs)

1. elixir (pharmacy: sweet taste-masking liquid)

Descendants

• → Polish: eliksir, eliksyr (obsolete), elixir (pre-reform orthography (1816))
• → Romanian: elixir

Further reading

• “élixir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.