philosopher's stone

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A misconstruction of philosophers' stone, from Middle English philosophres ston, a calque of Latin lapis philosophōrum.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: guri filozofal — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Arabic: حَجَر اَلْفَلَاسِفَة (ḥajar al-falāsifa) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Armenian: փիլիսոփայական քար (pʻilisopʻayakan kʻar) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Belarusian: філасо́фскі ка́мень (filasófski kámjenʹ) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Breton: maen ar furien — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Bulgarian: филосо́фският ка́мък (filosófskijat kámǎk) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Catalan: pedra filosofal — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Chinese Mandarin: 點金石 /点金石 (diǎn jīn shí) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Chinese Mandarin: 魔法石 (mófǎ shí) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Chinese Mandarin: 賢者之石 /贤者之石 (xiánzhězhīshí) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Chinese Mandarin: 哲人石 (zhérén shí) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Czech: kámen mudrců — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Danish: vises sten — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Dutch: steen der wijzen — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Esperanto: ŝtono de la saĝuloj — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Estonian: tarkade kivi — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Faroese: vitramannasteinurin — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Finnish: viisasten kivi — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• French: pierre philosophale — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Galician: pedra filosofal — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Georgian: ფილოსოფიური ქვა (pilosopiuri kva) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• German: Stein der Weisen — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Greek: φιλοσοφική λίθος (filosofikí líthos) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Gujarati: પારસમણિ (pārsamṇi) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hebrew: אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים (éven ha-khakhamím) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: पारस पत्थर (pāras patthar) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: स्पर्शोपल (sparśopal) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: स्पर्शमणि (sparśamṇi) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: परश (paraś) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: परसपखान (parsapkhān) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: रसेंद्र (rasendra) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: परस (paras) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: पाहन (pāhan) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hindi: पारस (pāras) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Hungarian: bölcsek köve — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Icelandic: viskusteinn — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Indonesian: batu bertuah — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Irish: órchloch — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Italian: pietra filosofale — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Italian: crisopea — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Japanese: 賢者の石 (kenja no ishí) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Khmer: សិលាទេព (səylaa teip) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Korean: 마법사의 돌 (mabeopsa-ui dol) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Latin: lapis philosophorum — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Latvian: filozofu akmens — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Lithuanian: išminties akmuo — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Low German: Wunnersteen — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Malay: batu hikmat — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Norwegian: de vises stein — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Persian: سنگ جادو (sang-e jâdu) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Persian: سنگ فلاسفه (sang-e falâsefe) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Polish: kamień filozoficzny — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Polish: tynktura — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Portuguese: pedra filosofal — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Romanian: piatră filozofală — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Russian: филосо́фский ка́мень (filosófskij kámenʹ) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Sanskrit: स्पर्शमणि (sparśamaṇi) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Sanskrit: स्पर्शोपल (sparśopala) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Sanskrit: परश (paraśa) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Serbo-Croatian: камен мудрости — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Serbo-Croatian: камен мудраца — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Serbo-Croatian: kamen mudrosti — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Serbo-Croatian: kamen mudraca — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Slovak: kameň mudrcov — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Slovene: kamen modrosti — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Spanish: piedra filosofal — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Swedish: de vises sten — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Tagalog: bato ng pilosopo — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Thai: ศิลาอาถรรพ์ (sìlaa àatan) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Thai: ศิลานักปราชญ์ — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Turkish: felsefe taşı — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Ukrainian: філосо́фський ка́мінь (filosófsʹkyj káminʹ) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Uyghur: پەلسەپە تېشى (pelsepe tëshi) — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Vietnamese: hòn đá phù thủy — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver
• Vietnamese: đá tạo vàng — supposed substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver