potion

Etymology

From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), potionis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

Noun

potion (plural potions)

1. A 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.

Verb

potion (third-person singular simple present potions, present participle potioning, simple past and past participle potioned)

1. (obsolete) To drug.

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Anagrams

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pōtio, pōtiōnis. Doublet of poison, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.sjɔ̃/

Noun

potion m (plural potions)

1. potion

Further reading

• “potion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).