placebo
English
Etymology
From Middle English placebo, from Latin placēbō (“I will please”), the first-person singular future active indicative of placeō (“I please”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pləˈsiː.bəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /pləˈsi.boʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːbəʊ
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
placebo (plural placebos or placeboes)
- (medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. [from 18th c.]
- 2010, Edzard Ernst, The Guardian, 22 Feb 2010:
- The acid test, I thought, was whether homeopathic remedies behave differently from placebos when submitted to clinical trials.
- 2021 March 8, Jane E. Brody, “Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are”, in The New York Times:
- The trials overall showed some but limited effectiveness, and in one of the largest and longest trials, the placebo performed better in treating spasticity, pain and bladder dysfunction, Dr. Bowling wrote.
- 2010, Edzard Ernst, The Guardian, 22 Feb 2010:
- (Roman Catholicism) The vespers sung in the office for the dead. [from 13th c.]
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 349:
- There the placebo, the office for the dead, was sung, and a vigil kept throughout the night.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 349:
Derived terms
- antiplacebo
- nonplacebo
- placebic
- placebo button
- placebo effect
- placebogenic
- placebolike
- placebome
Translations
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See also
- drug
- nocebo
Anagrams
- Obecalp
Czech
Noun
placebo n
- placebo (dummy medicine containing no active ingredients)
Further reading
- placebo in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin placēbō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌplaːˈseː.boː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pla‧ce‧bo
Noun
placebo m (plural placebo's)
- placebo
- (obsolete) sycophant
Derived terms
- het placebo zingen
- placebo spelen
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Latin placēbō (“I will please”), the first-person singular future active indicative of placeō (“I please”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [plaˈt͡sebo]
- Rhymes: -ebo
- Hyphenation: pla‧ce‧bo
Noun
placebo (accusative singular placebon, plural placeboj, accusative plural placebojn)
- (medicine) placebo, dummy drug
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin placēbō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla.se.bo/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
placebo m (plural placebos)
- placebo
Further reading
- “placebo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Noun
placebo (plural placebos)
- placebo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin placēbō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈt͡ʃɛ.bo/
- Rhymes: -ɛbo
- Hyphenation: pla‧cè‧bo
Noun
placebo m (invariable)
- (pharmacology, figurative) placebo
Derived terms
- effetto placebo
Latin
Verb
placēbō
- first-person singular future active indicative of placeō
References
- placebo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin placēbo, the first-person singular future active indicative of placeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaːˈsɛːbɔː/
Noun
placebo (plural placeboes)
- (Christianity) The vespers sung in the office for the dead.
- a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of ſong, of þe ordynal of ſalisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly byſyneſse of preſtis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:
- Þan were matynys & maſse & euen ſong, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of ſynful men, to be ſongen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe ſentence & vnderſtondynge of þat þat was þus ſongen, & to maken men wery & vndiſpoſid to ſtudie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis […]
- Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]
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- Talk for buttering someone up, making them sycophantic or pleasing them.
- A representation or exemplar of adulation or sycophancy.
Descendants
- English: placebo
References
- “plācēbo, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-07.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin placēbo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈt͡sɛ.bɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛbɔ
- Syllabification: pla‧ce‧bo
Noun
placebo n (indeclinable)
- (medicine) placebo
Further reading
- placebo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- placebo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /plaˈse.bu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /plaˈse.bo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /plɐˈse.bu/ [plɐˈse.βu]
- Hyphenation: pla‧ce‧bo
Noun
placebo m (plural placebos)
- (medicine) placebo (a dummy medicine containing no active ingredients)
Romanian
Etymology
From French placebo.
Noun
placebo n (uncountable)
- placebo
Declension
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) placebo | placeboul |
genitive/dative | (unui) placebo | placeboului |
vocative | placeboule |
Spanish
Etymology
From medical New Latin placēbō, from Latin placēbō (literally “I will please”).
Noun
placebo m (plural placebos)
- placebo
Derived terms
- efecto placebo
Further reading
- “placebo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014