potasio

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potas̺io/ [po.t̪a.s̺i.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: po‧ta‧si‧o

• Audio:

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Noun

potasio inan

1. potassium

Declension

Declension of potasio (inanimate, singular only, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	potasio	potasioa
ergative	—	potasioak
dative	—	potasioari
genitive	—	potasioaren
comitative	—	potasioarekin
causative	—	potasioarengatik
benefactive	—	potasioarentzat
instrumental	potasioz	potasioaz
inessive	—	potasioan
locative	—	—
allative	—	—
terminative	—	—
directive	—	—
destinative	—	—
ablative	—	—
partitive	potasiorik	—
prolative	potasiotzat	—

Further reading

• “potasio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “potasio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Alternative forms

• potássio (reintegrationist)

Noun

potasio m (uncountable)

1. potassium

Further reading

• “potasio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin potassium, from English potassium, coined in 1807 by Humphrey Davy, from English potash, from Dutch potasch, from Middle Dutch pottaschen (literally “pot ashes”), ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”) and *askǭ (“ash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈtasjo/ [poˈt̪a.sjo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asjo
• Syllabification: po‧ta‧sio

Noun

potasio m (plural potasios)

1. potassium

Derived terms

• bicarbonato de potasio
• nitrato de potasio
• potásico

 

Further reading

• “potasio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28