copperas

Significado (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

green vitriol

sulphuric acid

vitriol

Traduções

كبريتات الحديدوز

βιτριόλι

θειικός σίδηρος

couperose

copparosa

chalcanthon

vitriool

koperrood

aceche

caparrosa

demir sulfat

zaç

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: coperas

Cognato com francês: couperose

Cognato com latim: 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".