different between potage vs potale

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French potage, and from earlier borrowing pottage.

Noun

potage (countable and uncountable, plural potages)

1. A thick creamy soup.

See also

• pottage

Anagrams

• top age, top-age, topage

French

Etymology

Old French, pot +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.ta?/

Noun

potage m (plural potages)

1. soup (dish)

Synonyms

• soupe

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: potatge
• ? Spanish: potaje

Further reading

• “potage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pottage, potache, potege (all rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French potage; equivalent to pot +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ta?d?(?)/

Noun

potage (plural potages)

1. pottage (a stew or casserole)
2. A pudding or slurry; any dish made of thick, runny liquid.
3. Greens or vegetables; plant matter as used in food.
4. (rare) A cataplasm; a pad on a wound to relieve.
5. (rare) A beverage; a liquid concoction.

Descendants

• English: pottage; porridge
• Scots: pottage; parritch

References

• “pot??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

Old French

Etymology

pot +? -age.

Noun

potage m (oblique plural potages, nominative singular potages, nominative plural potage)

1. soup; broth (etc.) cooked in a pot

Descendants

• ? Middle English: potage, pottage, potache, potege
  • English: pottage; porridge
  • Scots: pottage; parritch
• French: potage
  • ? Catalan: potatge
  • ? Spanish: potaje
• ? Welsh: potes

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (potage)
• “potage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• pot ale

Etymology

pot +? ale

Noun

potale (uncountable)

1. A liquid byproduct from a grain distillery, consisting of the liquid portion of draff after the spent grain is removed, plus washings from tuns (spent wash). Over time its disposition has varied: mostly as dumped waste, sometimes sold for part of the ration for pigs and cattle, when such a market is available.

Anagrams

• patole, pelota