tynktura
See also: tynkturą
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin tīnctūra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittynktura f
- (literary, medicine) tincture (medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent)
- Synonym: nalewka
- (heraldry, historical) tincture (hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms)
- (cosmetics) tincture (substance of plant or animal origin which is an intermediate in the process of creating perfumes)
- (alchemy, historical) philosopher's stone (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)
- Synonym: kamień filozoficzny
Declension
editDeclension of tynktura
Further reading
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- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
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- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Polish/ura
- Rhymes:Polish/ura/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish literary terms
- pl:Medicine
- pl:Heraldry
- Polish terms with historical senses
- pl:Cosmetics
- pl:Alchemy
- pl:Immortality
- pl:Smell