köken: Inherited from Old French poudre, poldre, from Late Latin pulvera, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“dust; flour”).
aile: comme une traînée de poudre, faire de la poudre, faire parler la poudre, lait en poudre, mettre le feu aux poudres, ne pas avoir inventé la poudre, poudre à canon, poudre à laver, poudre à lessiver, poudre aux yeux
köken: Most likely borrowed from Old Catalan polvora (first attested in Spanish c. 1350), from older polvera, from Late Latin pŭlvĕra, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m. Compare French poudre or Old Occitan polvera, poldra, porba. Doublet of polvo < *pulvus.
aile: correr como la pólvora, frasco de pólvora, gastar la pólvora en salvas, juegos de pólvora, no haber inventado la pólvora, oler a pólvora, pólvora de cañón, polvorilla
köken: From Spanish pólvora, from Old Catalan polvora, polvera, from Late Latin pulvera, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m. Doublet of pó < *pul(v)us.
Éramos milhões, até que vieram vilões / O ataque nosso não bastou / Fui de bastão, eles tinham a pólvora / Vi meu povo se apavorar
köken: Borrowed and clipped from Middle Low German büssenkrūt, bussenkrût (“gunpowder”), from büsse (“rifle”) + krût (“spice, herb”), from Old Saxon krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd (“herb, plant”). Doublet of krydda.