décoction

See also: decoction

French

Etymology

From Old French decoccion, decoction (“decoction; coction, completion of cooking; digestion”), from Latin decoctiōnem, form of decoquō (“to boil down”), from de- + coquō (“to cook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kɔk.sjɔ̃/

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• Hyphenation: dé‧coc‧tion

Noun

décoction f (plural décoctions)

1. decoction

Further reading

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