"bezoar" meaning in English

See bezoar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbi.zɔɹ/ [General-American], /ˈbiː.zɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: bezoars [plural]
enPR: bēʹzōr [General-American] Etymology: From Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂-|*gʷʰen-}}, {{dercat|en|peo|ira-pro|iir-pro}}, {{bor|en|es|bezoar}} Spanish bezoar, {{bor|en|fr|bézoard}} French bézoard, {{der|en|ar|بَازَهْر}} Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), {{der|en|pal|pʾtzhl||bezoar, antidote|tr=pādzahr}} Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bezoar (plural bezoars)
  1. A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (mass of undigested matter): بازهر [masculine] (Arabic), betzoar [masculine] (Catalan), 胃石 (wèishí) (Chinese Mandarin), 牛黃 /牛黄 (niúhuáng) (note: of cattle) (Chinese Mandarin), 馬寶 /马宝 (mǎbǎo) (note: of a horse) (Chinese Mandarin), bezoár [masculine] (Czech), bezoarsten (Danish), bezoaro (Esperanto), besoaar (Estonian), pulstik (Estonian), besoaari (Finnish), bézoard [masculine] (French), Bezoar [masculine] (German), πεντζέχρι (pentzéchri) [neuter] (Greek), בזואר (Hebrew), बेज़ार (bezār) (Hindi), पजहर (pajhar) [masculine] (Hindi), ज़हर-मोहरा (zahar-mohrā) [masculine] (Hindi), bezoaro (Ido), bezoario [masculine] (Italian), зад (zad) (Kalmyk), جړمری [masculine] (Pashto), پادزهر (pâdzahr) (Persian), bezoar [masculine] (Polish), bezoar [masculine] (Portuguese), безоа́р (bezoár) [masculine] (Russian), بازھر (Sindhi), bezoar [masculine] (Spanish), besoar (Swedish), bezoar (Swedish), безоар (bezoar) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bezoarlar (Uzbek)
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  2. An enterolith. Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-bezoar-en-noun-xKblCtrf Disambiguation of Hair: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bezoar stone Derived forms: bezoar antelope, bezoardic, bezoar goat, bezoar ibex, bezoar mineral, diospyrobezoar, pharmacobezoar, phytobezoar, pseudobezoar, trichobezoar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Uzbek translations",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bezoar antelope"
    },
    {
      "word": "bezoardic"
    },
    {
      "word": "bezoar goat"
    },
    {
      "word": "bezoar ibex"
    },
    {
      "word": "bezoar mineral"
    },
    {
      "word": "diospyrobezoar"
    },
    {
      "word": "pharmacobezoar"
    },
    {
      "word": "phytobezoar"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudobezoar"
    },
    {
      "word": "trichobezoar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂-",
        "4": "*gʷʰen-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "ira-pro",
        "4": "iir-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "bezoar"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish bezoar",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "bézoard"
      },
      "expansion": "French bézoard",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَازَهْر"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "pʾtzhl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bezoar, antidote",
        "tr": "pādzahr"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish bezoar and/or French bézoard, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”), from a compound of words meaning “to protect” and “poison” (literally “killing thing”), thus a bezoar was “that which protects against poison”. In ancient times, bezoars from animals were ground up and ingested as remedies for various maladies and as antidotes to poisons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bezoars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bezoar (plural bezoars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "be‧zoar"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intestine",
          "intestine"
        ],
        [
          "hairball",
          "hairball"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An enterolith."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enterolith",
          "enterolith"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "bēʹzōr",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.zɔɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiː.zɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bezoar stone"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بازهر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betzoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèishí",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "胃石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of cattle",
      "roman": "niúhuáng",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "牛黃 /牛黄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of a horse",
      "roman": "mǎbǎo",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "馬寶 /马宝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezoár"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "bezoarsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "bezoaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "besoaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "pulstik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "besoaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bézoard"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bezoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pentzéchri",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πεντζέχρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "בזואר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bezār",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "बेज़ार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pajhar",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पजहर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zahar-mohrā",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ज़हर-मोहरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "bezoaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezoario"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "zad",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "зад"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جړمری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâdzahr",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "پادزهر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezoár",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "безоа́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "بازھر"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "besoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "bezoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezoar",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "безоар"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "mass of undigested matter",
      "word": "bezoarlar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bezoar"
  ],
  "word": "bezoar"
}

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