liscivia

Meaning

lye (caustic soda)

Concepts

lye

caustic soda

sodium hydroxide

Synonyms

idrossido di sodio

ranno

soda caustica

cenerata

idrossido sodico

idrato di sodio

Translations

αλισίβα

Lauge

soude

lejia

lixívia

lessive

Seifenstein

Natronlauge

laugen

ισχυρό αλκαλικό διάλυμα

Natronhydrat

potasse

potasse caustique

Natriumhydroxid

Etymology

From Latin lixīvia, variant of lixīva, noun use of the adjective lixīvus (“made into lye”), from the use aqua lixīva. Compare Portuguese lixívia, French lessive, Friulian lissie, Sardinian lissía and liscìa, Sicilian lissìa and liscìa, Spanish lejía, Romanian leșie.