potion

English

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Etymology

From Middle English pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), potionis, from pōtāre (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəʊ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA: /'poʊ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

Noun

potion (plural potions)

1. A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

   He hoped to win the princess’s heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.

Synonyms

• lib

Translations

small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical

• Basque: edabe (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 药剂 (cmn)

• Dutch: drankje (nl) n, toverdrankje (nl), tinctuur (nl)
• Finnish: mikstuura (fi) (medicinal), myrkkymalja (fi) (poisonous), taikajuoma (fi) (magical), rohto (fi), rohdos (fi)
• French: potion (fr)

• German: Trank (de) m, Tränke (de) pl
• Macedonian: напивка (mk) (nápivka) f
• Malay: posyen (ms)
• Portuguese: poção (pt)
• Russian: снадобье (ru) (snádob'je) n, зелье (ru) (z'él'je) n
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch-eiridinn (gd) f
• Spanish: brebaje (es) m

Verb

potion (third-person singular simple present potions, present participle potioning, simple past and past participle potioned)

1. (obsolete) To drug.

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Anagrams

• option