pô-tát

Một người nông dân rắc pô-tát lên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Potash: A potassium-rich compound, often potassium carbonate or potassium hydroxide, historically used in cleaning, bleaching, and soap-making.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Pô-tát được dùng để tẩy vải trắng. (Potash is used to bleach white fabric.)
  • Người xưa sản xuất pô-tát từ tro gỗ. (In the past, people produced potash from wood ash.)

Advanced Usage

• "potassium carbonate": The chemical compound K₂CO₃, a specific form of potash.
  • Pô-tát trong phòng thí nghiệm thường là kali cacbonat. (Potash in the laboratory is often potassium carbonate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kali (n): Potassium, the chemical element (K).
  • Pô-tát chứa nguyên tố kali. (Potash contains the element potassium.)

Synonyms

• Lye (in some historical/cleaning contexts).
• Potassium compound.

Notes on Usage

• The word "pô-tát" is a direct phonetic transliteration of the French word "potasse" (potash). It is a technical term and is not commonly used in everyday modern Vietnamese, where more specific chemical names are preferred.