philosopher's stone

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philosophers’ stone

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Singular
the philosopher’s stone

Plural
uncountable

the philosopher’s stone (uncountable)

(alchemy) A substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver, usually by means of the application and distillation of another substance, usually mercury; also sometimes claimed to give immortality.

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philosopher's stone

Albanian: guri filozofal sq(sq)
Ancient Greek: τοῦ φιλοσόφου λίθος (tou philosóphou líthos) f.
Arabic: حجر الفلاسفة ar(ar) (ħájaru l-faláːsifa) m.
Bulgarian: философският камък bg(bg) (filosófskijət kámək) m.
Catalan: pedra filosofal ca(ca) f.
Chinese: 魔法石 (mófǎ shí), 哲人之石 (zhérén zhī shí), 点金石 (diǎn jīn shí)
Croatian: kamen mudraca hr(hr) m.
Czech: kámen mudrců cs(cs) m.
Danish: de vises sten da(da)
Dutch: steen der wijzen m.
Estonian: tarkade kivi
Faroese: vitramannasteinurin
Finnish: viisasten kivi fi(fi)
French: pierre philosophale fr(fr) f.
Galician: pedra filosofal f.
Georgian: ფილოსოფიური ქვა (pilosopiuri kva)
German: Stein der Weisen de(de) m.
Greek: φιλοσοφική λίθος el(el) (filosofikí líthos) f.
Gujarati: (parasmani)
Hebrew: אבן החכמים he(he) (éven ha-ħakhamím) m.
Hungarian: bölcsek köve hu(hu)
Icelandic: viskusteinn is(is) m.
Indonesian: batu bertuah

Italian: pietra filosofale f.
Japanese: 賢者の石 ja(ja) (けんじゃのいし, kenja no ishí)
Korean: 마법사의 돌 ko(ko) (mabeopsa-ui dol)
Latin: philosophi lapis m.
Latvian: filozofu akmens
Lithuanian: išminties akmuo
Low Saxon: Wunnersteen m.
Malay: batu hikmat
Norwegian: de vises stein
Persian: سنگ جادو (sang-e jadu)
Polish: kamień filozoficzny m.
Portuguese: pedra filosofal f.
Romanian: piatra filozofală f.
Russian: философский камень (filosófskij kámen’) m.
Serbian: камен мудрости (kamen mudrosti) m.
Slovak: kameň mudrcov m.
Slovene: kamen modrosti m.
Spanish: piedra filosofal f.
Swedish: vises sten c.
Thai: ศิลาอาถรรพ์ (sìlaa àatan)
Turkish: felsefe taşı
Ukrainian: філософський камінь (filosófs’kij kámin’) m.
Vietnamese: hòn đá phù thủy, đá tạo vàng

[edit] See also

elixir of life

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