alkali

See also: Alkali, alkáli, and alƙali

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)

  1. (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.
  2. (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

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Afrikaans

Noun

alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)

  1. (chemistry) alkali

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Danish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily)

Noun

alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)

  1. (chemistry) an alkali

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈkaː.li/
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  • Hyphenation: al‧ka‧li

Noun

alkali n (plural alkaliën)

  1. (chemistry) alkali

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Finnish

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑli

Noun

alkali

  1. (chemistry) Synonym of emäs.

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)
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

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Hausa

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àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)

  1. Alternative form of alƙali

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily)

Noun

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

  1. (chemistry) an alkali

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily)

Noun

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

  1. (chemistry) an alkali

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Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily)

Noun

alkali c

  1. (chemistry) an alkali

Declension
Declension of alkali 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alkali alkalien alkalier alkalierna
Genitive alkalis alkaliens alkaliers alkaliernas

Synonyms
  • alkalie
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