électuaire

See also: electuaire

French

Alternative forms

• lectuaire (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited 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, “to lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lɛk.tɥɛʁ/

Noun

électuaire m (plural électuaires)

1. linctus

Further reading

• “électuaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.