elixir
Portuguese, noun/e.liˈʃi(ʁ)/
elixir is spelled E-L-I-X-I-R (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elixir is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “elixir (liquid which was believed to turn non-precious metals to gold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preparado farmacêutico composto de várias substâncias dissolvidas em álcool”.
What does elixir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelixir (liquid which was believed to turn non-precious metals to gold)
- 2
masculinea magical potion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preparado farmacêutico composto de várias substâncias dissolvidas em álcool 2. filtro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of elixir
- elixires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elixir?
- Brazil /e.liˈʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.liˈʃi(h)]
- /e.liˈʃi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elixir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elixir in Portuguese?
elixir appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).