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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτος (antídotos, “remedy, antidote”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return”). Doublet of antidotum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈtɘ.dɔt/
- Rhymes: -ɘdɔt
- Syllabification: an‧ty‧dot
Noun
antydot m inan
- (medicine, dated) antidote (remedy to counteract the effects of poison)
- Synonyms: antidotum, odtrutka
- (figuratively, dated) antidote (something that counteracts or prevents something harmful)
- Synonyms: antidotum, lek, lekarstwo, odtrutka
Declension
Further reading
- antydot in Polish dictionaries at PWN