potion
A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magicalA small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Trank, Zaubertrank, Wundertrank
зе́льеzélʹje, сна́добьеsnádobʹje
зі́лляzíllja
a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
Examples
37 sentencesTom drank the potion.
deTom schluckte den Trank. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's a magic potion.
Це чарівне зілля. — deniko
ruЭто волшебное зелье. — odexed
deDas ist ein Zaubertrank. — wannieh
Princess, don't drink the potion.
Принцесо, не пий це зілля. — deniko
Do you have a healing potion?
ruУ тебя есть целебное зелье? — Wezel
deHast du einen Heiltrank? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This is a potion-making class.
deIn diesem Kurs lernen wir, wie man Tränke braut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinkinFrom Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Displaced native Old English drenċ whence Modern English drench. Doublet of poison.
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plural: potionsSynonyms
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