"philosopher's stone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: philosopher's stones [plural]
Etymology: Malapropism for philosophers' stone, a calque of Latin lapis philosophorum. Etymology templates: {{m|en|philosophers' stone}} philosophers' stone, {{der|en|la|lapis philosophorum}} Latin lapis philosophorum Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} philosopher's stone (countable and uncountable, plural philosopher's stones)
  1. (alchemy, uncountable) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Alchemy, Gold Synonyms (putative substance able to turn base metals into gold): sorcerer's stone [English, US]
    Sense id: en-philosopher's_stone-en-noun-~IHcCaX8 Disambiguation of Gold: 81 19 Categories (other): English catachreses, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Fictional materials, Immortality Disambiguation of English catachreses: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Disambiguation of Fictional materials: 75 25 Disambiguation of Immortality: 86 14 Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience Disambiguation of 'putative substance able to turn base metals into gold': 77 23
  2. (countable) A piece of said substance. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-philosopher's_stone-en-noun-xyMbMt5q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Philosopher's Stone, philosophers' stone, philosophers stone, stone of the philosophers Related terms: Adamic earth, azoth, chrysopoeia, elixir of life, fountain of youth, panacea, quintessence Translations (philosopher's stone): guri filozofal (Albanian), حَجَر اَلْفَلَاسِفَة (ḥajar al-falāsifa) [masculine] (Arabic), փիլիսոփայական քար (pʿilisopʿayakan kʿar) (Armenian), філасо́фскі ка́мень (filasófski kámjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), maen ar furien (Breton), филосо́фският ка́мък (filosófskijat kámǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pedra filosofal [feminine] (Catalan), 魔法石 (mófǎ shí) (Chinese Mandarin), 哲人石 (zhérén shí) (Chinese Mandarin), 點金石 (Chinese Mandarin), 点金石 (diǎn jīn shí) (Chinese Mandarin), kámen mudrců [masculine] (Czech), vises sten [common-gender] (Danish), steen der wijzen [masculine] (Dutch), ŝtono de la saĝuloj (Esperanto), tarkade kivi (Estonian), vitramannasteinurin (Faroese), viisasten kivi (Finnish), pierre philosophale [feminine] (French), pedra filosofal [feminine] (Galician), ფილოსოფიური ქვა (pilosopiuri kva) (Georgian), Stein der Weisen [masculine] (German), φιλοσοφική λίθος (filosofikí líthos) [feminine] (Greek), પારસમણિ (pārsamṇi) (Gujarati), אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים ('éven ha-khakhamím) [masculine] (Hebrew), पारस पत्थर (pāras patthar) (Hindi), स्पर्शोपल (sparśopal) [masculine] (Hindi), स्पर्शमणि (sparśamṇi) [masculine] (Hindi), परश (paraś) [masculine] (Hindi), परसपखान (parsapkhān) [masculine] (Hindi), रसेंद्र (rasendra) [masculine] (Hindi), परस (paras) [masculine] (Hindi), पाहन (pāhan) [masculine] (Hindi), पारस (pāras) [masculine] (Hindi), bölcsek köve (Hungarian), viskusteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), batu bertuah (Indonesian), órchloch [feminine] (Irish), pietra filosofale [feminine] (Italian), crisopea [feminine] (Italian), 賢者の石 (kenja no ishí) (alt: けんじゃのいし) (Japanese), សិលាទេព (səylaa teip) (Khmer), 마법사의 돌 (mabeopsa-ui dol) (Korean), lapis philosophorum [masculine] (Latin), filozofu akmens [masculine] (Latvian), išminties akmuo (Lithuanian), Wunnersteen (Low German), batu hikmat (Malay), de vises stein (Norwegian), سنگ جادو (sang-e jâdu) (Persian), سنگ فلاسفه (sang-e falâsefe) (Persian), kamień filozoficzny [masculine] (Polish), tynktura [feminine] (Polish), pedra filosofal [feminine] (Portuguese), piatră filozofală [feminine] (Romanian), филосо́фский ка́мень (filosófskij kámenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), स्पर्शमणि (sparśamaṇi) [masculine] (Sanskrit), स्पर्शोपल (sparśopala) [masculine] (Sanskrit), परश (paraśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), камен мудрости [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), камен мудраца [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kamen mudrosti [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kamen mudraca [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kameň mudrcov [masculine] (Slovak), kamen modrosti [masculine] (Slovene), piedra filosofal [feminine] (Spanish), de vises sten [common-gender] (Swedish), bato ng pilosopo (Tagalog), ศิลาอาถรรพ์ (sìlaa àatan) (Thai), ศิลานักปราชญ์ (Thai), felsefe taşı (Turkish), філосо́фський ка́мінь (filosófsʹkyj káminʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), پەلسەپە تېشى (pelsepe tëshi) (Uyghur), hòn đá phù thủy (Vietnamese), đá tạo vàng (Vietnamese)
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      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "Wunnersteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "batu hikmat"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "de vises stein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sang-e jâdu",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "سنگ جادو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sang-e falâsefe",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "سنگ فلاسفه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamień filozoficzny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tynktura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pedra filosofal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piatră filozofală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "filosófskij kámenʹ",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "филосо́фский ка́мень"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sparśamaṇi",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्पर्शमणि"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sparśopala",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्पर्शोपल"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "paraśa",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "परश"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камен мудрости"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камен мудраца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamen mudrosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamen mudraca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kameň mudrcov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamen modrosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedra filosofal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "de vises sten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "bato ng pilosopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sìlaa àatan",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "ศิลาอาถรรพ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "ศิลานักปราชญ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "felsefe taşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "filosófsʹkyj káminʹ",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "філосо́фський ка́мінь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "pelsepe tëshi",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "پەلسەپە تېشى"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "hòn đá phù thủy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "philosopher's stone",
      "word": "đá tạo vàng"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "philosopher's stone"
  ],
  "word": "philosopher's stone"
}

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