copperas

Senso (Inglese)

1. (uncountable, usually) Iron(II) sulfate.
2. (uncountable, usually) An obsolete sulphate compound with one of the three metals, zinc, copper or iron.

Concetti

copparosa

sinonimi

green vitriol

sulphuric acid

vitriol

Traduzioni

كبريتات الحديدوز

βιτριόλι

θειικός σίδηρος

couperose

chalcanthon

vitriool

koperrood

aceche

caparrosa

demir sulfat

zaç

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: coperas

Affine francese: couperose

Affine latino: cupri

In summary

From Middle English coperas, coperose (“metallic sulfate”), from Old French coperose. Compare French couperose (“sulfate”), Medieval Latin cuprosa, Late Latin aqua cuprosa, Latin cupri rosa, "rose of copper".