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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈpəʊ.ʃən/
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General-American:
/ˈpoʊ.ʃən/
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/poːʃən/
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homophone: portion (non-rhotic)
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rhymes with -əʊʃən
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CMU ARPABET:
P OW1 SH AH0 N
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A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.
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Antonyms: none provided
To drug (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
Narrower terms: elixir, philter, philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre
From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.
Across languages
Translations 72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
جُرْعَة
(jurʕa)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Basque :
edabe
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Bulgarian :
елексир
(eleksir)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Catalan :
poció
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Chinese Mandarin :
藥劑 /药剂
(yàojì)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Chinese Mandarin :
藥水 /药水
(yàoshuǐ)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Czech :
lektvar
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Dutch :
drankje
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Dutch :
toverdrankje
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Dutch :
tinctuur
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Esperanto :
eliksiro
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Finnish :
mikstuura
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Finnish :
myrkkymalja
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Finnish :
taikajuoma
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Finnish :
rohto
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Finnish :
rohdos
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
French :
potion
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Galician :
beberaxe
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Galician :
apócema
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German :
Trank
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German :
Zaubertrank
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German :
Wundertrank
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German :
Gifttrank
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German :
Heiltrank
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
German :
Elixier
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Greek :
φίλτρο
(fíltro)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Hebrew :
שיקוי
(shikuy)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Hindi :
दवाई
(davāī)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Hindi :
अर्क़
(arq)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Hindi :
काढ़ा
(kāṛhā)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Ido :
pociono
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Italian :
pozione
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Japanese :
水薬
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Japanese :
ポーション
(poshon)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Korean :
물약
(muryak)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Korean :
수약
(suyak)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Latin :
venēficium
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Latin :
pōtiō
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Macedonian :
напивка
(napivka)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Malay :
posyen
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Māori :
waimatarau
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Norwegian Bokmål :
trylledrikk
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Norwegian Nynorsk :
trylledrikk
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Norwegian Nynorsk :
trylledrykk
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Norwegian Nynorsk :
trolldrikk
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Norwegian Nynorsk :
trolldrykk
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Polish :
mikstura
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Polish :
napój leczniczy
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Polish :
napój magiczny
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Portuguese :
poção
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Romanian :
poțiune
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Russian :
зе́лье
(zélʹje)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Russian :
сна́добье
(snádobʹje)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Scottish Gaelic :
deoch-eiridinn
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
poción
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
brebaje
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
pócima
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
bebedizo
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
apócima
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
apócema
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
potingue
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
menjurje
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
menjunje
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Spanish :
mejunje
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Swedish :
trolldryck
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Tagalog :
gayuma
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Turkish :
iksir
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Turkish :
posyon
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Ukrainian :
зі́лля
(zíllja)
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Vietnamese :
nước bùa
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Vietnamese :
thần dược
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
Vietnamese :
thuốc nước
— small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical
