| NOUN | substance | permanganate | a dark purple salt of permanganic acid |
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| Meaning | A dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic. | |
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| Narrower | potassium permanganate, permanganate of potash | A poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water |
| Broader | salt | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) |
| Spanish | permanganato | |
| Catalan | permanganat | |
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