tisane
Americannoun
-
tisanes
plural
-
(italics) aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
-
Obsolete. a ptisan.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tisane
Borrowed into English from French around 1930–35
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The only possibly safe abortion method attempted back then, the homebrewed tisane, was not effective.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2022
“You are sounding like an old frog. I want to get some tisane of chamomile for your throat.”
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
I asked for a cup of tisane and they brought me an entire pot of hot water.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
It sounds rhetorical to say so, but it was not quelled in peasoup or tisane.
From The Insurrection in Dublin by James Stephens
No ungenteel screaming, no bloodshed; only a palatable tisane which tasted a little like celery.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Other common evening beverages include herbal tisanes or teas, hot chocolate, or warm milk.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
Teas and tisanes: From the bergamot perfume of Earl Grey to the savory brown rice notes in Japanese genmaicha to hibiscus and chai, these blends hit a huge range of flavors.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2019
Both of them had sat with her for some time at her bedside; Cecilia especially had only left her long enough to make the embrocations and tisanes.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
Behold, then, your invalid, surrounded by these celebrated artists, reclining on a chaise-longue, a table with tisanes and remedies near by, and the four painters painting.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
The two women could not bear to think of him lying sick in a room no better than a dog-kennel, without broths and tisanes, lonely and sorrowful.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
