phial

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• vial

[edit] Etymology

Old French fiole < Latin phiala (“‘a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl’”) < Ancient Greek φιάλη. Confer vial.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəl

[edit] Noun

phial (plural phials)

1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines.

[edit] Synonyms

• vial, test tube

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to phial (third-person singular simple present phials, present participle phialing, simple past and past participle phialed)

1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.

[edit] References

• phial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913