bezoar
English
Etymology
From French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”). In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: bēʹzōr, IPA(key): /ˈbizɔɹ/, /ˈbizoɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiːzɔː/, /ˈbɛzəʊɑː/
- Hyphenation: be‧zoar
Noun
bezoar (plural bezoars)
- A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in an animal's intestines; a hairball.
- An enterolith.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bezoar antelope
- bezoardic
- bezoar goat
- bezoar mineral
Translations
mass of undigested matter
Italian
Etymology
From French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”).
Noun
bezoar m (invariable)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
bezoar m (plural bezoares)
- bezoar (mass of undigested matter)
Spanish
Etymology
From French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), superseding native bezaar, from the same source.
Pronunciation
- (z-s distinction) IPA(key): [be.θoˈaɾ]
- (seseo merger) IPA(key): [be.soˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Noun
bezoar m (plural bezoares)
Derived terms
References
- “bezoar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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