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Pronunciation / Transliteration: potasio
"Los plátanos son una buena fuente de potasio."
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A soft silvery-white reactive chemical element of the alkali metal group, essential for plant and animal life.
"Bananas are a rich source of potassium."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1807 by English chemist Humphry Davy from the word 'potash' (pot ashes), combined with the chemical suffix '-ium'.
10 Global Lexicons: How "potassium" is said worldwide
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potassium
Transliteration: potassium
"Les bananes contiennent beaucoup de potassium."
Kalium
Transliteration: Kalium
"Bananen sind reich an Kalium."
potassio
Transliteration: potassio
"Le banane sono ricche di potassio."
potasio
Transliteration: potasio
"Los plátanos son una buena fuente de potasio."
potássio
Transliteration: potássio
"As bananas são ricas em potássio."
पोटेशियम
Transliteration: poteshiyam
"केले पोटेशियम का एक अच्छा स्रोत हैं।"
钾
Transliteration: jiǎ
"香蕉富含钾。"
칼륨
Transliteration: kallyum
"바나나는 칼륨이 풍부합니다."
カリウム
Transliteration: kariumu
"バナナにはカリウムが豊富に含まれています。"
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