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toxique

toxic, poisonous

adjective tok-SEEK Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Usage Note

Toxique applies to literal poisons (substance toxique) and has become very common in informal French to describe harmful relationships or environments — une relation toxique ('a toxic relationship'). The related noun is toxicité and the prefix toxico- appears in toxicomane (drug addict).

Examples

"Ce produit chimique est très toxique."

Natural Translation

This chemical product is very toxic.

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