English to French Meaning of elixir - élixir

Elixir :

élixir

noun

élixir, Pierre philosophale, chimie

Elixir :: élixirElixirs :: élixirs

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Definitions of elixir in English

Noun(1) a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol(2) hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold(3) a substance believed to cure all ills

Examples of elixir in English

(1) a natural herbal cough elixir(2) an elixir guaranteed to induce love(3) And, obviously, at this very late stage in the boom, interest rates are certainly not a magical elixir that will cure the patient of disease after years of binging on bubble excess.(4) a cough elixir(5) In the Middle Ages, the elixir was an extremely valuable stone sought by alchemists because they believed it had the power to transform common metals into precious ones.(6) Therefore it is said that the engendering of bodhicitta and the carrying of it through one's activities is like the magical elixir that turns to gold what ever metal it is painted on.(7) Shall I then shower you with wondrous remnants of scent from field and forest, and warm you ever so slowly, until you give up your magical elixir , as precious as life itself?(8) he finds world train travel something of an elixir of life(9) In the second version, the poet is in a luxuriant garden, where he drinks an elixir which induces a vision.(10) But no magical elixir was needed; I was completely under the spell of these people.(11) Among the alchemists's asserted aims were the transmutation of base metals into gold, as well as the preparation of an elixir of longevity and a universal cure for illness.(12) For more extensive oral ulceration, dexamethasone elixir , 0.5 mg per 5 ml, may be used as a rinse and expectorated.(13) All we have to do is drink a magic elixir of colloidal minerals and we'll be healthy.(14) Armed with a spoon and a bottle of cough syrup, she dosed him with the medicine and elicited a round of choking and cussing from her patient who offered colorful and profane descriptions of the elixir 's flavor.(15) Acetaminophen with codeine elixir is administered for pain control after the initial 48 hours for mild discomfort and is prescribed for home use after discharge.(16) Examples of these name changes include: acetaminophen elixir is now acetaminophen oral solution; and lactulose syrup is now lactulose solution.

Related Phrases of elixir

(1) elixir of life ::

Élixir de vie

Related Phrases of elixir

(1) elixir of life ::

Élixir de vie

Synonyms

Noun

1. potion ::

potion

3. brew ::

brasser

4. philter ::

philtre

5. decoction ::

décoction

6. mixture ::

mélange

7. medicine ::

médicament

8. tincture ::

teinture

9. extract ::

extrait

10. essence ::

essence

11. concentrate ::

concentrer

12. distillate ::

distillat

13. distillation ::

distillation

14. draft ::

Brouillon

Different Forms

elixir, elixirs

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