Vocabulary
poison
poison (literal or figurative); herbicide; insecticide
Noun
poison
poisonous; venomous
Adjective
enherber
to cover with grass; to poison
Verb
empoisonner
to poison, to kill by poisoning
Verb
corbeau
raven, crow (bird); poison-pen letter writer; corbel; Corvus; body collector (during a plague); corvus (grappling hook used by the Romans in naval warfare); priest; a person who sends anonymous letters, phone calls, etc.; douce noir (a variety of grape)
Noun
intoxication
poisoning; the act of spreading false information or propaganda
Noun
empoisonnement
poisoning
Noun
venin
venom (poison); venom, vitriol (feeling of malign or contempt)
Noun
venimeux
poisonous, venomous (for animals)
Adjective
intoxiquer
to poison, to intoxicate; to spread propaganda
Verb
empoisonneur
poisoner
Noun
véroler
to give someone syphilis; to contaminate with a toxin or poison; to contaminate thoughts, often politically
Verb
saturnisme
lead poisoning
Noun
antipoison
anti-poison
Adjective
vireux
poisonous
Adjective
raticide
rat poison
Noun
bertholite
chlorine used as a poison gas
Noun
alexipharmaque
a substance capable of reverting the affects of a poison; antidote
Noun
benzolisme
benzene (or benzol) poisoning
Noun
arsénicisme
arsenic poisoning
Noun
bolet Satan
Satan's bolete, a large poisonous mushroom with a wide cap and a fat round foot (species Rubroboletus satanas)
Noun
plomburie
lead poisoning
Noun
poisonné
venomous, "poisonous"
Adjective
mort-aux-rats
rat poison, ratsbane
Noun
argyrisme
argyrism (silver poisoning)
Noun
envenimement
poisoning; worsening
Noun
intoxication alimentaire
food poisoning
Noun
zincisme
zinc poisoning
Noun
aglyphe
(of teeth) lacking a channel for delivering poison; non-venomous, aglyphous
Adjective
cadeau empoisonné
poisoned chalice, more of a curse than a blessing, something that does more harm than good
Noun
mithridatiser
to immunize against a poison by taking small amounts of it
Verb
venimeusement
venomously, poisonously
Adverb
alexipharmaque
capable of counteracting a poison; antidotal, alexipharmic
Adjective
poisonneux
poisonous
Adjective
papite
acrolein (when used as a poison gas in the First World War)
Noun