see|poisson|Poisson
English
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Etymology
From OF. term|puison|lagfro < L. term|potio|langla. See also term|potion and term|potable.

Noun
en-noun

1. A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.

#: We used a poison to kill the weeds.

1. Something that harms a person or thing.

#: Gossip is a malicious poison.

1. idiomatic A drink; liquor.

Synonyms
sense|substance that is harmful contaminant, pollutant, toxin, venom

Derived terms
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poison gas
poison hemlock
poison ivy
poison oak
poison pen
poison pill
poison sumac
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poisoner
poisoning
poisonous
poisonwood
rat poison
what's your poison

Slovak: jed m
Slovene: strup m
Spanish: veneno m
Swedish: gift#Swedish|gift n
Telugu: విష� (visham)
Turkish: zehir
Urdu: URchar|ز�ر (zahr) m
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trans-top|something that harms
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trans-top|liquor
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody

#:: The assassin poisoned the king.

1. transitive To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous

#:: That factory is poisoning the river.

1. transitive To cause something to become much worse

#:: Suspicion will poison their relationship.
#:: He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.

1. transitive To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions

#:: She's poisoned him against all his old friends.

Synonyms
sense|to pollute contaminate, pollute, taint
sense|to cause to become worse corrupt, taint

Derived terms
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lead poisoning
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radiation poisoning

Translations
trans-top|to use poison to kill or paralyse
Bulgarian: ��ов�, о��ав�м
Catalan: emmetzinar, enverinar
Czech: otrávit
Danish: forgifte
Dutch: vergiftigen
Faroese: eitra
French: empoisoner
Estonian: mürgitama
Finnish: myrkyttää
French: t+|fr|empoisonner
German: vergiften
Hungarian: megmérgez
Indonesian: racun|meracuni
Interlingua: invenenar, intoxicar
Italian: avvelenare, intossicare
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Japanese: ��混��� (doku wo konnyuu-suru) (mix with poison), ���� etc
Kurdish: jehr kirin, jehr dan
Latin: veneno
Polish: tru�, zatruwa�, otru�
Portuguese: envenenar, empeçonhar, intoxicar
Slovak: otráviť
Swedish: förgifta
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References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
R:Webster 1913

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Poisons|*
Category:Toxicology

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/pwaz�� /, SAMPA|/pwazO~/

Etymology
L.|fr term|potio|lang=la.

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #English|poison

Derived terms
empoisonnement
empoisonner

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