different between phial vs flacon

English

Alternative forms

• vial

Etymology

From Middle English fiole, from Old French fiole, from Latin phiala (“a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl”), from Ancient Greek ????? (phiál?). Doublet of vial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa??l/
• Rhymes: -a??l
• Homophone: file

Noun

phial (plural phials)

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

Synonyms

• vial

Coordinate terms

• test tube

Translations

Verb

phial (third-person singular simple present phials, present participle phialling or (US) phialing, simple past and past participle phialled or (US) phialed)

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

References

• phial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “phial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Phila.

Middle English

Noun

phial

1. Alternative form of fiole

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French flacon. Doublet of flask and flagon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæk?n/, /?fl??k?n/

Noun

flacon (plural flacons)

1. A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume.
   • October 24, 1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, letter to G. W. Greene

     two glass flacons for the ink

Translations

Anagrams

• Falcon, falcon

French

Etymology

From Middle French flascon, from Latin flasc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.k??/

Noun

flacon m (plural flacons)

1. vial, flacon.

Descendants

• ? Danish: flakon
• ? Dutch: flacon
• ? English: flacon
• ? German: Flakon
• ? Polish: flakon
• ? Romanian: flacon

Further reading

• “flacon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French flacon.

Noun

flacon n (plural flacoane)

1. small bottle (for medicine, cosmetics)

Declension