potassa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch potasch (“potash”). Doublet of potash.

Noun

potassa (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The chemical compound potassium hydroxide.
   • 1852, Justus von Liebig, Annual Report of the Progress of Chemistry and the Allied Sciences, page 221:

     Liebich […] has investigated the action of potassa upon tannocaffeic acid.

Synonyms

• caustic potash
• potash lye

Derived terms

• potassium

References

• potassa and potassium in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Anagrams

• asposta, sapotas

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pottasche. Cognate with English potash. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “More likely from French "potasse", just like Spanish "potasa"”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [puˈta.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈta.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [poˈta.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

potassa f (uncountable)

1. potash

Further reading

• “potassa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Finnish

Noun

potassa

1. inessive singular of potta

Anagrams

• tapossa

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: potassas, potassât

Verb

potassa

1. third-person singular past historic of potasser

Italian

Noun

potassa f (plural potasse)

1. potash; potassium carbonate

Anagrams

• passato, pastosa, sposata