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philter

UK/ˈfɪltə//ˈfɪltɚ/

philter noun: a kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.

Noun

philter (plural philters)

  1. A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.

Verb

philter (third-person singular simple present philters, present participle philtering, simple past and past participle philtered)

  1. To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
    • to philter a draught
  2. To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
    • Government of the Tongue
      Let not those that have repudiated the more inviting sins, shew themselves philtred and bewitched.

philter meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

philter in Tamil

philter, love potion
மருந்து maruntu

philter in Indonesian

love potion
ramuan cinta, pekasih, guna-guna

Forms of philter

Noun
pluralphilters
alternative UKphiltre
Verb
third-person singular presentphilters
present participlephiltering
past participlephiltered
pastphiltered

Origin of philter

From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”). Doublet of philtrum.

Words that rhyme with philter

Questions about philter

What does philter mean?
Philter means a kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
What is philter in Tamil?
Philter in Tamil is மருந்து (maruntu). See Philter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is philter?
Philter can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce philter?
Philter is pronounced /ˈfɪltə/ (UK).
What is the plural of philter?
The plural of philter is philters.

Words near philter in the dictionary

  1. Philps
  2. Philpstoun
  3. PhilSCA
  4. Philson
  5. PHILSUCOM
  6. philter
  7. philtered
  8. philtering
  9. philters
  10. Philthadelphia
  11. philtra

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: philter (page history and authors); மருந்து (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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