électuaire
See also: electuaire
French
Alternative forms
- lectuaire (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French letuaire, respelled to more closely match Late Latin ēlectuārium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleíkton, “medicine which is licked away”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “I lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leíkhō, “I lick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.lɛk.tɥɛʁ/
Further reading
- “électuaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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