alkali
English
Etymology
From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæl.kə.laɪ/, enPR: ălʹkəlī
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Noun
alkali (countable and uncountable, plural alkalis or alkalies)
- (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility 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.
- (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
Synonyms
- (chemistry): base
Antonyms
- (chemistry): acid
Derived terms
Translations
class of caustic bases
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Afrikaans
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Danish
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈkaː.li/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: al‧ka‧li
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑli
Usage notes
- 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.
Declension
Inflection of alkali (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alkali | alkalit | |
genitive | alkalin | alkalien alkaleiden alkaleitten | |
partitive | alkalia | alkaleita alkaleja | |
illative | alkaliin | alkaleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alkali | alkalit | |
accusative | nom. | alkali | alkalit |
gen. | alkalin | ||
genitive | alkalin | alkalien alkaleiden alkaleitten | |
partitive | alkalia | alkaleita alkaleja | |
inessive | alkalissa | alkaleissa | |
elative | alkalista | alkaleista | |
illative | alkaliin | alkaleihin | |
adessive | alkalilla | alkaleilla | |
ablative | alkalilta | alkaleilta | |
allative | alkalille | alkaleille | |
essive | alkalina | alkaleina | |
translative | alkaliksi | alkaleiksi | |
instructive | — | alkalein | |
abessive | alkalitta | alkaleitta | |
comitative | — | alkaleineen |
Derived terms
- alkalialbuminaatti
- alkalimaa
- alkalimetalli
- alkalimetria
- alkaliparisto
- alkalisuola
- alkaloidi
Hausa
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Swedish
Declension
Declension of alkali | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alkali | alkalien | alkalier | alkalierna |
Genitive | alkalis | alkaliens | alkaliers | alkaliernas |
Synonyms
- alkalie
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