poison
French, noun/pwa.zɔ̃/
poison is spelled P-O-I-S-O-N (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poison is a French feminine noun meaning “poison (literal or figurative)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance qui, introduite dans l’organisme, altère ou même détruit les fonctions vitales”.
What does poison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepoison (literal or figurative)
Poisson sans boisson est poison
- 2
femininemasculineherbicide
- 3
femininemasculineinsecticide
adjective
- 1
poisonous
- 2
venomous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance qui, introduite dans l’organisme, altère ou même détruit les fonctions vitales. 2. Ce qui corrompt le cœur ou l’esprit, en parlant des maximes pernicieuses, des écrits ou des discours. 3. Chose qui trouble la raison, qui agite le cœur, qui nuit au bonheur de la vie. 4. Action visant à nuire, et nuisant effectivement, quitte à tuer, annihiler.
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 poison
- poisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poison?
- /pwa.zɔ̃/
- [pwa.zɔ̃]
- [pwe.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 poison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poison in French?
poison appears 6.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).