bezoar

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.

Pronunciation

Noun

bezoar (plural bezoars)

  1. A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
  2. An enterolith.

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Translations

References

  • “bezoar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).

Noun

bezoar m (invariable)

  1. bezoar

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bezoar m (definite singular bezoaren, indefinite plural bezoarer, definite plural bezoarene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by besoar

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bezoar, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈzɔ.ar/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔar
  • Syllabification: be‧zo‧ar

Noun

bezoar m inan

  1. bezoar

Declension

Declension of bezoar
singular plural
nominative bezoar bezoary
genitive bezoaru bezoarów
dative bezoarowi bezoarom
accusative bezoar bezoary
instrumental bezoarem bezoarami
locative bezoarze bezoarach
vocative bezoarze bezoary

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • bezoar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: be‧zo‧ar

Noun

bezoar m (plural bezoares)

  1. bezoar (mass of undigested matter)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), superseding native bezaar, from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /beθoˈaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /besoˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: be‧zo‧ar

Noun

bezoar m (plural bezoares)

  1. bezoar

Derived terms

Further reading

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