thériaque
French, noun\te.ʁjak\
thériaque is spelled T-H-É-R-I-A-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thériaque is a French feminine noun meaning “theriac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien médicament composé d’opium et de nombreuses substances végétales et animales, utilisé comme antidote…”.
What does thériaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetheriac
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancien médicament composé d’opium et de nombreuses substances végétales et animales, utilisé comme antidote universel et tonique, notamment contre les poisons, les morsures et les affections digestives.
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 thériaque
- thériaques plural
- theriaque archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thériaque?
- \te.ʁjak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thériaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thériaque in French?
thériaque appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).