litmus paper

English

Noun

litmus paper (countable and uncountable, plural litmus papers)

(chemistry) paper containing a water-soluble pH indicator composed of a mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity, turning red when acidic and blue when alkaline.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 石蕊試紙 (zh), 石蕊试纸 (zh) (shíruǐshìzhǐ)
Crimean Tatar: lakmus kâğıtı
Czech: lakmusový papírek m
Finnish: lakmuspaperi (fi)
French: papier de tournesol (fr) m
Georgian: ლაკმუსის ქაღალდი (laḳmusis kaɣaldi)
German: Lackmuspapier (de) n
Greek: χαρτί ηλιοτροπίου n (chartí iliotropíou)
Hebrew: נְיַיר לַקְמוּס‎ (he) m
Hungarian: lakmuszpapír

Italian: cartina tornasole f
Japanese: リトマス紙 (ritomasu shi)
Malay: kertas litmus
Polish: papierek lakmusowy m
Portuguese: papel de tornassol m
Russian: ла́кмусовая бума́га f (lákmusovaja bumága)
Spanish: papel de tornasol m
Swedish: lackmuspapper (sv) n
Tagalog: tornasol
Turkish: turnusol (tr), turnusol kağıdı

Further reading

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