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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹiː.kəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹiː.ku/ [New-Zealand], /ˈtɹiː.kɯ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-au-treacle.ogg Forms: treacles [plural]
enPR: trēʹ-kəl [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -iːkəl Etymology: From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tiriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”). Doublet of theriacle, equivalent to theriac + -le. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|triacle}} Middle English triacle, {{der|en|fro|triacle}} Old French triacle, {{der|en|ang|tiriaca}} Old English tiriaca, {{der|en|LL.|*triaca}} Late Latin *triaca, {{der|en|grc|θηριακή|t=antidote}} Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), {{dbt|en|theriacle}} Doublet of theriacle, {{suf|en|theriac|le|nocat=1}} theriac + -le Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} treacle (countable and uncountable, plural treacles)
  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup. Tags: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sugars Translations (molasses or golden syrup): melasse (Afrikaans), меласа (melasa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), петмез (petmez) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 糖蜜 (tong⁴ mat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 糖膠 (Chinese Cantonese), 糖胶 (tong⁴ gaau¹) (english: golden syrup, treacle) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑糖膠 (Chinese Cantonese), 黑糖胶 (haak¹ tong⁴ gaau¹) (english: molasses, black treacle) (Chinese Cantonese), 糖蜜 (tángmì) (Chinese Mandarin), mørk sirup [common-gender] (Danish), melasse [common-gender] (Danish), melasse [feminine] (Dutch), melaso (Esperanto), siirappi (Finnish), melassi (Finnish), mélasse [feminine] (French), Melasse [feminine] (German), דבשה (divsha) [feminine] (Hebrew), melasz (Hungarian), melassa [feminine] (Italian), 糖蜜 (tōmitsu) (alt: とうみつ) (Japanese), tirīkara (Maori), m'lasse [feminine] (Norman), melasa [feminine] (Polish), melaço [masculine] (Portuguese), мела́сса (melássa) [feminine] (Russian), па́тока (pátoka) [feminine] (Russian), melaza [feminine] (Spanish), melass (Swedish), па́тока (pátoka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), triagl [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-noun-jN-HY1-~ Disambiguation of Sugars: 36 12 2 13 20 13 5 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 2 2 15 20 7 7 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 48 4 4 13 19 6 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 4 2 9 12 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 4 3 15 20 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 3 2 14 21 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 45 8 3 11 16 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 44 8 3 11 16 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 48 6 3 12 16 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 56 5 2 10 15 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 42 7 3 12 16 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 4 3 11 16 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 7 3 10 15 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 6 2 12 16 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 43 7 3 12 17 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 41 10 3 11 18 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 35 7 4 16 20 14 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 5 3 12 17 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 47 5 3 12 17 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 8 4 11 15 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 7 3 10 15 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 42 8 3 12 17 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 11 2 11 16 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 7 3 11 16 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 5 3 12 17 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 4 2 12 16 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 8 2 11 16 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 45 8 3 11 16 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 49 6 2 11 15 7 11 Disambiguation of 'molasses or golden syrup': 81 3 1 4 7 4
  2. Cloying sentimental speech. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (cloying sentimental speech): mielistely (Finnish), makeilu [colloquial] (Finnish), слаща́вость (slaščávostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-noun-5J--nytQ Disambiguation of 'cloying sentimental speech': 5 76 0 6 6 6
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart). Tags: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-noun-puWMRLfB
  4. (historical, pharmacology) Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
    (obsolete, figurative, by extension) Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.
    Tags: broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmacology Synonyms: cure [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-noun-aA3e8Zxe Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  5. (historical, pharmacology) Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
    (obsolete, figurative, by extension) Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.
    Tags: broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmacology Synonyms: cure-all [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-noun-pDcDrF8T Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  6. (historical, pharmacology) Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmacology Synonyms: theriac [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-noun-CCiZW6qq Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mithridate treacle, treacle bread, treacle mustard, treacle paper, treacle pudding, treacle sleep, treacle tart, treacle water, treacly, Venice treacle

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹiː.kəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹiː.ku/ [New-Zealand], /ˈtɹiː.kɯ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-au-treacle.ogg Forms: treacles [present, singular, third-person], treacling [participle, present], treacled [participle, past], treacled [past]
enPR: trēʹ-kəl [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -iːkəl Etymology: From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tiriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”). Doublet of theriacle, equivalent to theriac + -le. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|triacle}} Middle English triacle, {{der|en|fro|triacle}} Old French triacle, {{der|en|ang|tiriaca}} Old English tiriaca, {{der|en|LL.|*triaca}} Late Latin *triaca, {{der|en|grc|θηριακή|t=antidote}} Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”), {{dbt|en|theriacle}} Doublet of theriacle, {{suf|en|theriac|le|nocat=1}} theriac + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} treacle (third-person singular simple present treacles, present participle treacling, simple past and past participle treacled)
  1. To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.
    Sense id: en-treacle-en-verb-vaXIftJl

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "とうみつ",
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