alkali

From French alcali, from Medieval Latin alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/, enPR: ălʹkə-lī'

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alkali (countable and uncountable, plural alkalis or alkalies)

1. (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
2. (Western US) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

• (chemistry): base

• (antonym(s) of “chemistry”): acid

• → Welsh: alcali

• caustic
• pH

• “Alcali”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• "alcali", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)

1. (chemistry) alkali

• basis

• suur

• alkalies
• alkaligehalte
• alkalireeks

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

• alkalisk

• “alkali” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French alcali, from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈkaː.li/

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• Hyphenation: al‧ka‧li

alkali n (plural alkaliën)

1. (chemistry) alkali

• basis

• zuur

• alkalimetaal
• alkalose
• alkaloïde

Internationalism (see French alcali).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlkɑli/, [ˈɑ̝lkɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑli
• Syllabification^(key): al‧ka‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): al‧ka‧li

alkali

1. (chemistry) synonym of emäs

• In Finnish alkali refers to bases in general. In English, it usually refers to a subgroup of bases as defined in the English section of this article.

• alkaloidi

• “alkali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ʔàl.káː.líː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔàl.káː.líː]

àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)

1. alternative form of alƙali

From Dutch alkali, from French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

• IPA^(key): /alˈka.li/
• Hyphenation: al‧ka‧li

alkali (plural alkali-alkali)

1. (chemistry) alkali, a group of bases from alkali metal group
2. (chemistry) base, any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts

   Synonym: basa

• “alkali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

• alkalimetall
• alkalisk
• alkalitet
• alkaloid

• “alkali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali, definite plural alkalia)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

• alkalimetall
• alkalisk
• alkalitet
• alkaloid

• “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French alcali or Spanish álcali, from Arabic الْقِلْي (al-qily).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /alˈka.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: al‧ka‧li

alkali n (indeclinable)

1. obsolete form of alkalia

• alkali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• alikali

Borrowed from English alkali.

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alkali class IX (plural alkali class X)

1. alkali

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

alkali c

1. (chemistry) an alkali

• alkalie

• alkalisk

Borrowed from Spanish álcali, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقِلْي (al-qily).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalkali/ [ˌʔal.kɐˈlɪ]
• Rhymes: -alkali
• Syllabification: al‧ka‧li

álkalí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎᜒ)

1. (chemistry) alkali

   Synonyms: base, (neologism) alka

2. soda ash
3. lye

   Synonym: lehiya

• “alkali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21

alkali (definite accusative alkaliyi, plural alkaliler)

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• “alkali”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu