potassa

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

potassa (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The chemical compound potassium hydroxide.

• caustic potash
• potash lye

• potassium

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

• asposta, sapotas

Borrowed from German Pottasche. Cognate with English potash.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈta.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈta.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [poˈta.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa

potassa f (uncountable)

1. potash

• “potassa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

potassa

1. inessive singular of potta

• tapossa

• Homophones: potassas, potassât

potassa

1. third-person singular past historic of potasser

potassa f (plural potasse)

1. potash; potassium carbonate

• passato, pastosa, sposata