ponceau
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editponceau (plural ponceaus or ponceaux)
- (chemistry) Any of a number of red pigments, some of which are used as indicators.
- 2013, Georg Von Georgievics, The Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres:
- It should be mentioned that considerable divergence exists in the fastness of the various ponceaus, a circumstance still insufficiently known and appreciated in practice.
French
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French poncel (“poppy”), a diminutive formation from Old French paon (“peacock”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editponceau m (plural ponceaux)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old French puncel, from Vulgar Latin ponticellus, a variant of Classical Latin ponticulus, from pōns + -culus.
Noun
editponceau m (plural ponceaux)
- a small bridge
Further reading
edit- “ponceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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