alambicco

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic إِنْبِيق‎ (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ikko

Noun

alambicco m (plural alambicchi)

  1. (obsolete) alembic
  2. still (distillation apparatus)

Synonyms
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