elixir
A liquid which converts lead to goldA liquid which converts lead to gold.
» Have I accidentally created a magical elixir?
Habe ich aus Versehen einen Zaubertrank gebraut?
Я случайно создал волшебное зелье?
Значение
значений: 4A liquid which converts lead to gold.
Elixier
эликси́рeliksír
A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life.
Elixier, Zaubertrunk, Heilmittel
эликси́рeliksír, панаце́яpanacéja
a substance believed to cure all ills
(шире)The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea.
A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.
Elixier, Heilmittel
эликси́рeliksír
a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
Примеры
предложений: 11Have I accidentally created a magical elixir?
Я случайно создал волшебное зелье?
deHabe ich aus Versehen einen Zaubertrank gebraut?
Ziri drank the elixir of immortality.
Tom searched for the elixir of life.
Ziri took a sip of the elixir.
The glass bottle contained a precious elixir which could cure any disease.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 2
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Medieval Latin elixir (“philosopher's stone”), from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr, “From Medieval Latin elixir (“philosopher's stone”), from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr, “philosopher's stone”), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “powder for drying wounds”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
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Формы
мн. число: elixirsСинонимы
синонимов: 2- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold:philosopher's stonephilosophers' stone