toxique
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) [φάρμακον (phármakon)] ("poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikós, “relating to arrows or archery”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔk.sik/
Audio (file) - Homophone: toxiques
Adjective
toxique (plural toxiques)
- toxic (having a harmful chemical nature)
Derived terms
- écotoxique
- génotoxique
- hypotoxique
- intoxication
- intoxiquer
- toxicité
- toxico
- toxicologie
- toxicomane
- toxicomanie
- ultratoxique
Further reading
- “toxique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.