philtre

1. 1.

   a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it

   Synonymsphilterlove-potionlove-philterlove-philtre

   Broaderpotion

Other forms of philtre

plural

philtres·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about philtre

What does philtre mean?

philtre means "a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it".

How many syllables are in philtre?

philtre has 1 syllable: philtre.

What is another word for philtre?

Close synonyms include philter, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is philtre a common word?

philtre is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.