Meanings
plural philters · alternative UK philtre
- A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.First known use the 16th c.
present singular third person philters · participle present philtering · participle past philtered · past philtered · alternative UK philtre
- To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
to philter a draught
- To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
Government of the Tongue Let not those that have repudiated the more inviting sins, shew themselves philtred and bewitched.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekφίλτρον
- Middle Frenchphiltre
- Englishphilter
From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”). Doublet of philtrum.
More words from Middle French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek φίλτρον
- φίλτρον (phíltron)love potion
Bulgarian любовен елексир
- любовен елексир (ljuboven eleksir)love potion
Catalan filtre
- filtrelove potion
Chinese Mandarin 春藥 /春药, 催情藥 /催情药
- 春藥 /春药 (chūnyào)love potion
- 催情藥 /催情药 (cuīqíngyào)love potion
Danish elskovsdrik
- elskovsdriklove potion
Dutch liefdesdrank
- liefdesdranklove potion
Finnish lemmenjuoma
- lemmenjuomalove potion
French philtre
- philtrelove potion
German Liebestrank
- Liebestranklove potion
Greek φίλτρο
- φίλτρο (fíltro)love potion
Indonesian ramuan cinta, pekasih
- ramuan cintalove potion
- pekasihlove potion
- guna-gunalove potion
Italian filtro
- filtrolove potion
Latin philtrum
- philtrumlove potion
Polish napój miłosny
- napój miłosnylove potion
Russian любовное зелье
- любовное зелье (ljubovnoje zelʹje)love potion
Spanish pócima, pócima de amor
- pócimalove potion
- pócima de amorlove potion
- poción de amorlove potion
- filtrolove potion
Swedish kärleksdryck
- kärleksdrycklove potion
Ukrainian приворот-зілля
- приворот-зілля (pryvorot-zillja)love potion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with philter
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Cite this entry
philter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philter
“philter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philter.
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