poison

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poison m sing (pl.: poisons)

  1. veleno
  • IPA: /pwa.zɔ̃/

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dal latino potio, ovvero "pozione, bevanda"

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poison sing (pl.: poisons)

  1. (medicina) (farmacologia) veleno

to poison (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente poisons, participio presente poisoning, passato semplice e participio passato poisoned)

  1. avvelenare
  2. (per estensione) avvelenare, contaminare, inquinare
  3. (senso figurato) avvelenare, corrompere, esacerbare
  • IPA: /ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/

Ascolta la pronuncia :

dal latino potio, attraverso il francese poison