different between atisane vs tisane

English

Noun

atisane (plural atisanes)

1. (organic chemistry) A particular polycyclic diterpene whose structure is the model for many biologically active compounds

Anagrams

• anisate, entasia, taenias, tænias

English

Alternative forms

• ptisan, ptisane, tisan

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tysanne, Middle French ptisane, tisane (“barley water, medicinal drink”), and their source, Latin tisana, variant of ptisana, from Ancient Greek ??????? (ptisán?, “peeled barley, barley-water”), from ???????? (ptíssein, “to peel, to crush”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??zæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t??zæn/, /t??z?n/

Noun

tisane (plural tisanes)

1. A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water. [from 14th c.]

   Synonym: herbal tea

   • 1831, Alexander Macaulay, A dictionary of medicine, designed for popular use, 2nd edition, page 454:

     Ptisan. A diluent drink which makes a great figure in the dietetic precepts of the ancients.

   • 1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train:

     “Neither,” said Poirot, “I shall go to bed and take a tisane. The expected has happened […].”

   • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 5:

     The sick people would take away also some herbs for their ptisan, some wine and other comforts […].

   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     As soon as he had opened the door he worked his way back to his high-backed Queen Anne armchair, where he picked up his bone-china cup and took a sip of a rarefied tisane.

Translations

Further reading

• herbal tea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Eastin, Setian, Teians, anties, satiné, seatin', seitan, sentai, staine, teasin', tenias, tineas

French

Etymology

From Latin tisana, ptisana, from Ancient Greek ??????? (ptisán?, “peeled barley, barley-water”), related to ???????? (ptíssein, “to peel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.zan/

Noun

tisane f (plural tisanes)

1. herbal tea; tisane

2. (colloquial, dated) beating, pounding, thrashing

Synonyms

• (herbal tea): infusion

Further reading

• tisane on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “tisane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• entais, niâtes, sainte, seinât, tenais

Italian

Noun

tisane f

1. plural of tisana

Anagrams

• antesi, asteni, entasi, intesa, senati, tesina