bézoard

See also: bezoard

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.zɔ.aʁ/
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Homophone: bézoards

Noun

bézoard m (plural bézoards)

bezoar

Descendants

English: bezoar
Spanish: bezoar

Further reading

“bézoard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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