lixívia

Meaning

lye (caustic alkaline solution)

Concepts

lye

Synonyms

hidróxido de potássio

potassa cáustica

Translations

potasse caustique

liscivia

soude

lejía

potasse

eau de javel

lleixiu

lessive de soude

cenerata

loog

chloorbleekloog

chloorbleek

soude caustique

Lauge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liˈʃi.vi.ɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: lixivia

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin lixīvia (“alkalized water”), from an inflection of lixīvus (“made into lye”).