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toxique

/tɔk.sik/

adjective/tɔk.sik/

toxic (having a harmful chemical nature)

Related: écotoxique, génotoxique, hypotoxique, intoxication, intoxiquer, toxicité, toxico, toxicologie, toxicomane, toxicomanie

Borrowed from Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) [φάρμακον (phármakon)] ("poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikós, “relating to arrows or archery”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).