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Definition: Potion |
PotionNoun1. A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "potion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill; nip, sip, sup, gulp. |
Remedy | Medicine, physic, Galenicals, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary; linctus, lincture; medicament; pharmacon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch. i.e., there can be cited love potions, intended to make a person fall in love with other, or potions for the opposite effect, intending that a person hate another.
During the 19th Century it was common in certain countries to see wandering charlatans offering potions to heal every disease, ache, etc. In later years, these became replaced by/known as patent medicines.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Potion."
Crosswords: Potion |
| English words defined with "potion": Dwale ♦ Iseult ♦ Love drink ♦ To take down, Tristan, Tristram. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "potion": Anthia ♦ Gertrude. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Potion" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (draught, potion). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, I'm making a stun potion. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) How come I spent all night cleaning potion stains off of the ceiling? (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Okay we theme, you potion. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Potion? P-P-Paige is making the potion. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) That's gazpacho, not potion. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) | |
Lyrics | Your love's the potion that (Bad Medicine; performing artist: Bon Jovi) A potion that'll rock, the boat will rock (I Did It; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) You really slipped me a potion (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing; performing artist: LEO SAYER) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Love Potion (1911) Love Potion (1993) The Lust Potion of Doctor F (1986) | |
Song Titles | Love Potion Number Nine (performing artist: The Searchers) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Aunt Hepsy was hep! The love potion that worked!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He prescribed an infusion of pure quinine, and, in case the fever should return in the night, a soothing potion. |
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| "Potion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Potion" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 83 | 36,350 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "potion": Love potion ♦ magic potion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "potion": potion-making, potion-stained. | |
Ending with "potion": love-potion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "potion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ilaç (cure, drug, healer, medicament, medicine, medicines, physic, prescription, remedy, troche). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جرعة دواء (dose, drop), جرعة (dosage, dose, drench, drink, gulp, measure, mouthful, nip, pull, swallow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste), доза (deal, dosage, dose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "药. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lok (draught, gulp, mouthful, swig), lektvar (concoction), elixír (elixir), dávka (batch, burst, dosage, dose, measure, ration, tax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جرعه (Godown, Gulp, Quaff, Shot, Sip, Swig), شربت عشق دادن به , شربت عشق , دارویازهرابکی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lemmenjuoma (love potion, philtre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | potion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zaubertrank (magic potion, magic-potion, philter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πόση (potation), δόση (dosage, dose, installment, instalment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משק" (beverage, drink, drinking, liquor, reviver, wet), שקוי (draught, drink, drinking, refreshment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ital (beverage, booze, drink, jake, potation, quencher, snifter, swill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | obat (cure, drug, medicament, medicine, remedy), minuman (beverage, drink, drinking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pozione (draft, draught). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 水薬 (liquid medicine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいやく (liquid medicine, propellant), みずぐすり (liquid medicine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 마약. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jough (beverage, booze, drink, potation, tipple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otionpay porção (allotment, collection, dip, dole, dose, lot, parcel, piece, portion, quantum, section, share, slice), dose (admixture, dosage, dose, drench, drop, helping, share). (various references) poţiune (mixture). (various references) доза (dosage, dose). (various references) napitak (drink). (various references) poción (drench, philter, philtre). (various references) dryck (beverage, drink, potation). (various references) zehirli içki, iksir (arcanum, elixir), bir doz ilaç. (various references) настойка, мікстура (mixture, stuff), зілля. (various references) liều thuốc nước liều thuốc độc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | venenum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "potion": potions. (additional references) | |
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"Potion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: opion, optigon, optio, otion, Ottino, Paotao, Patijn, patino, pation, pention, petian, Pettibon, Phocion, Pichon, plotin, Pochin, podoinik, poien, poitin, Polikon, polino, posino, posion, postion, potean, poten, poti, potian, potin, potio, potior, potois, Poton, povidone, Powton, protion, Putilov, putin, putton, Sotion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "potion" (pronounced pō"shun) |
| 4 | -ō" sh u n | commotion, demotion, devotion, emotion, locomotion, lotion, motion, notion, ocean, promotion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, logician, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: option. | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-o-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: pinot, pinto, piton, point, topoi. | |
-2 letters: into, onto, pint, pion, poon, toon, topi. | |
-3 letters: ion, nip, nit, noo, not, oot, opt, pin, pit, poi, pot, tin, tip, ton, too, top. | |
-4 letters: in, it, no, on, op, pi, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-o-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: options, portion, potions, tompion. | |
+2 letters: adoption, coopting, cooption, nonpoint, optional, optioned, optionee, outpoint, photoing, photonic, pinkroot, pliotron, portions, position, positron, potation, protonic, sorption, spittoon, stooping, tompions, trooping, troponin. | |
+3 letters: adoptions, apportion, cooptions, entropion, footprint, hoofprint, hypotonia, hypotonic, inotropic, lithopone, monotypic, nonpoetic, nonprofit, operation, optionals, optionees, optioning, outpoints, phonation, phonolite, photonics, pinkroots, pliotrons, pollution, portioned, positions, positrons, postilion, potations, pourpoint, prenotion, probation, promoting, promotion, pronation, proration, snoopiest, sorptions, spittoons, spooniest, topminnow, toponymic, troponins, uprooting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508186758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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