English to French Meaning of potation - libation


Potation :
libation
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Definitions of potation in English
Noun(1) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic(2) the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink
Examples of potation in English
(1) The leader of that Party is put down as a dry sherry man, a potation now associated, if at all, with golf club socials that are likely to be all-white and elderly.(2) Bland is simply a preparation of whey, but owing to the quality of the grass or to the climate becomes here a truly palatable and nourishing potation .(3) When the patrons at his restaurant would like to indulge in a decadent potation , they will have to choose between Dom Perignon and Krug.(4) I intend to abstain from potation(5) you did rather abstain from potation(6) Perhaps Shakespeare had particular reason when, in 1598, he had the bibulous Sir John Falstaff complain so bitterly on the subject of ‘thin potations ’.(7) Shakespeare makes the point that even the other beer-and-whisky drinking northern Europeans are nothing, in the size of their potations , compared with the Englishman.(8) Taken to task by his wife for a prolonged visit at the village inn, the clerk threatened in dudgeon to return to his potations , and did indeed set out again with this in mind.(9) But, indeed, nature herself seemed to have been his vintner, and at his birth charged him so thoroughly with an irritable, brandy-like disposition, that all subsequent potations were needless.
(1) potassium nitrate ::
nitrate de potassium
(2) potassium sorbate ::
sorbate de potassium
(3) potassium chloride ::
chlorure de potassium
(4) potassium permanganate ::
le permanganate de potassium
(5) potassium iodide ::
Iodure de potassium
(6) potassium hydroxide ::
l'hydroxyde de potassium
(7) potassium cyanide ::
cyanure de potassium
(8) acesulfame potassium ::
acésulfame de potassium
(9) potassium carbonate ::
carbonate de potassium
(10) potassium dichromate ::
dichromate de potassium
Synonyms
Noun
1. tipple ::
picoler
2. draft ::
Brouillon
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