English

Alternative forms

• ptisan
• ptisane
• tisan

Noun

tisane ‎(plural tisanes)

1. A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water; a herbal tea. [from 14th c.]
   • 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.

Anagrams

• seitan, tenias

French

Etymology

Latin tisana, ptisana, from Ancient Greek πτισάνη ‎(ptisánē, “peeled barley, barley-water”), related to πτίσσειν ‎(ptíssein, “to peel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tizan/

Noun

tisane f ‎(plural tisanes)

1. a herbal tea

Anagrams

• entais, niâtes, sainte, seinât, tenais

Italian

Noun

tisane f

1. plural of tisana

Anagrams

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