eliksir

Danish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin elixir, from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, medicinal powder), from ξηρός (xērós, dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eləksiːr/, [eləɡ̊ˈsiɐ̯ˀ]
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Noun

eliksir c (singular definite eliksiren, plural indefinite eliksirer)

  1. elixir, potion

Inflection

Synonyms

  • tonikum
  • vidundermiddel

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French élixir.[1] First attested in 1578.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈlik.sir/
  • Rhymes: -iksir
  • Syllabification: e‧lik‧sir

Noun

eliksir m inan (diminutive eliksirek)

  1. (alchemy) elixir (substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “eliksir”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “eliksyr”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elǐksiːr/
  • Hyphenation: e‧li‧ksir

Noun

elìksīr m (Cyrillic spelling елѝксӣр)

  1. elixir

Declension

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