élixir
French, noun/e.lik.siʁ/
élixir is spelled É-L-I-X-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élixir is a French masculine noun meaning “elixir (pharmacy: sweet taste-masking liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Liqueur spiritueuse qui résulte du mélange de certains sirops avec de l’alcool”.
What does élixir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelixir (pharmacy: sweet taste-masking liquid)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Liqueur spiritueuse qui résulte du mélange de certains sirops avec de l’alcool. 2. La substance la plus pure que l’on tire de certaines choses. 3. Liqueur réputée dotée d’effets magiques. 4. La quintessence d’une chose.
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 élixir
- élixirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élixir?
- /e.lik.siʁ/
- \e.lik.siʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élixir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élixir in French?
élixir appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).