"potation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: potations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English potacion, from Old French potacion, from Latin pōtātiō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|potacion}} Middle English potacion, {{der|en|fro|potacion}} Old French potacion, {{der|en|la|pōtātiō}} Latin pōtātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} potation (countable and uncountable, plural potations), {{tlb|en|archaic}} (archaic)
  1. (often in the plural) The act of drinking. Tags: archaic, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Drinking Translations (act of drinking): пиене (piene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), питьё (pitʹjó) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-potation-en-noun-b8JkP4fr Disambiguation of Drinking: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'act of drinking': 96 4
  2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (a drink, especially an alcoholic beverage): спиртна напитка (spirtna napitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), вы́пивка (výpivka) [feminine] (Russian), напи́ток (napítok) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-potation-en-noun-iEFgGBja Disambiguation of 'a drink, especially an alcoholic beverage': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: libation

Inflected forms

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