ponceau
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ponceau (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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French poncel (“poppy”), a diminutive formation from Old French paon (“peacock”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ponceau m (plural ponceaux)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French puncel, from Vulgar Latin ponticellus, a variant of Classical Latin ponticulus, from pōns + -culus.
Noun edit
ponceau m (plural ponceaux)
- a small bridge
Further reading edit
- “ponceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.