contrepoison
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃/
contrepoison is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-O-I-S-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrepoison is a French masculine noun meaning “antidote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remède qui empêche l’effet du poison”.
What does contrepoison mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineantidote
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Remède qui empêche l’effet du poison.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contrepoison
- contrepoisons plural
- contre-poison
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrepoison?
- /kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃\
- [kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrepoison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrepoison in French?
contrepoison appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).