bezoar

== English == === Alternative forms === bezoard === Etymology === Borrowed 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: bēʹzōr, IPA(key): /ˈbi.zɔɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.zɔː/ Hyphenation: be‧zoar === Noun === bezoar (plural bezoars) A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball. An enterolith. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hindustani: Hindi: बेज़ार (bezār) Urdu: بیزار (bezār) ==== Translations ==== === References === “bezoar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Further reading === “Bezoar” at Language Log == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bə.zɔ.aʁ/ === Noun === bezoar m (plural bezoars) alternative form of bézoard == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”). === Noun === bezoar m (invariable) bezoar == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === bezoar m (definite singular bezoaren, indefinite plural bezoarer, definite plural bezoarene) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by besoar == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish bezoar, based on Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), from Middle Persian pʾtzhl (pādzahr, “bezoar, antidote”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛzˈɔ.ar/ Rhymes: -ɔar Syllabification: bez‧o‧ar === Noun === bezoar m inan bezoar ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === bezoar in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === benzoar === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish bezoar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: be‧zo‧ar === Noun === bezoar m (plural bezoares) bezoar (mass of undigested matter) === Further reading === “bezoar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bezoar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bézoard. === Noun === bezoar n (plural bezoare) bezoar ==== Declension ==== === References === bezoar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === bezoár === Etymology === Borrowed from French bézoard, from Arabic بَازَهْر (bāzahr), superseding native bezaar, from the same source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beθoˈaɾ/ [be.θoˈaɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /besoˈaɾ/ [be.soˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: be‧zo‧ar === Noun === bezoar m (plural bezoares) bezoar ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: bezoar, bezoard (or directly from French)→ Hindustani:Hindi: बेज़ार (bezār)Urdu: بیزار (bezār) → Polish: bezoar → Portuguese: bezoar, benzoar === Further reading === “bezoar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025