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# philtre

«philtre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (philtres)

### meaning for a pupil

A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philtre/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a potion given secretly to a person to change their feelings

### examples

- The witch gave the prince a philtre in a silver cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philtre/#x1)
- Do not drink anything a stranger offers you; it may be a philtre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philtre/#x2)
- The princesses made them drink a philtre that froze their hearts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philtre/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «philtre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philtre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.