elixir
Spanish, noun
elixir is spelled E-L-I-X-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elixir is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of elíxir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, elíxir is a different word: “elixir”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Licor compuesto de diferentes sustancias medicinales que se infunden en vino, aguardiente, alcohol”.
What does elixir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of elíxir
noun
- 1
masculineelixir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Licor compuesto de diferentes sustancias medicinales que se infunden en vino, aguardiente, alcohol. 2. Lo que hay de mejor en cada cosa. 3. Medicamento con propiedades maravillosas. 4. Piedra filosofal.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of elixir
- elixires plural
- elíxires plural
- elixir alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to elixir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elixir in Spanish?
elixir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).