"copperas" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: copperases [plural]
Etymology: 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". Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coperas}} Middle English coperas, {{der|en|fro|coperose}} Old French coperose, {{cog|fr|couperose|t=sulfate}} French couperose (“sulfate”), {{cog|ML.|cuprosa}} Medieval Latin cuprosa, {{cog|LL.|aqua}} Late Latin aqua, {{cog|la|cupri}} Latin cupri Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} copperas (usually uncountable, plural copperases)
  1. iron(II) sulfate. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-copperas-en-noun-fXkbNMWD
  2. obsolete sulphate compound with one of three metals, zinc, copper or iron Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (sulphate compound with one of three metals): copperas (French), Vitriol [neuter] (German), copparosa (Italian), caparrosa [feminine] (Portuguese), capar rosa (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-copperas-en-noun-ZUybjK5M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'sulphate compound with one of three metals': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vitriol, coperas Derived forms: blue copperas, green copperas, yellow copperas, white copperas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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