chemical

English

Etymology

chemic (“alchemy”) +‎ -al (“related to”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĕm'ĭk-əl, IPA: /ˈkɛmɪkəl/, X-SAMPA: /"kemIk@l/

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• Rhymes: -emɪkəl

Adjective

chemical (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of or relating to alchemy.
2. Of or relating to chemistry.

Translations

relating to chemistry

• Arabic: كيمياوي (ar) (keemyawee) m
• Armenian: քիմիական (hy) (kʿimiakan)
• Bulgarian: химически (bg) (himičeski)
• Catalan: químic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 化學的 (cmn), 化学的 (cmn) (huàxué de)

• Czech: chemický (cs)
• Danish: kemisk (da)
• Dutch: chemisch (nl), scheikundig (nl)
• Esperanto: kemia (eo)
• Estonian: keemiline (et)
• Finnish: kemiallinen (fi)
• French: chimique (fr)
• Galician: químico (gl)
• German: chemisch (de)
• Greek: χημικός (el) (chimikós)

• Haitian Creole: chimik
• Hindi: रासायनिक (hi) (rāsāynik)
• Indonesian: kimia (id), kimiawi (id)
• Japanese: 化学～ (ja) (かがく, kagaku), 化学的 (ja) (かがくてき, kagaku-teki)
• Malay: kimiawi (ms)
• Norwegian: kjemisk (no)
• Polish: chemiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: químico (pt)
• Romanian: chimic (ro)
• Russian: химический (ru) (χimíčeskij)
• Slovene: kemičen (sl), kemijski (sl)
• Spanish: químico (es)
• Swahili: kemikali (sw)
• Swedish: kemisk (sv)
• Telugu: రసాయన (te)
• Turkish: kimyasal (tr), kimyevî (tr)

Derived terms

antichemical chemical abortion chemical affinity chemical agent chemical beam epitaxy chemical biology chemical bond chemical castration chemical change chemical clock chemical composition chemical database chemical decomposition chemical defense chemical dependency chemical depilatory chemical dermatitis chemical ecology chemical element chemical energy chemical engineering chemical fingerprint chemical hazard

chemical horn chemical indicator chemical industry chemical kinetics chemical laser chemical law chemical messenger chemical oceanography chemical pathology chemical peel chemical peritonitis chemical physics chemical plant chemical reaction chemical reactor chemical sensitivity chemical series chemical shift chemical toilet chemical weapon

External links

• Chemistry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chemistry

Noun

chemical (plural chemicals)

1. (chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound.
2. An artificial chemical compound.

   I color my hair with henna, not chemicals.

3. (slang) An addictive drug.

Usage notes

• The noun is frequently used in a slang and more specific non-technical way (2nd and 3rd definition) by the general public. Chemists and those who understand chemistry may gravitate toward the first, but the term "substance" is preferred usage.

Translations

any specific element or chemical compound

• Bulgarian: химикал (bg) (himikal) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 化學物質 (cmn), 化学物质 (cmn) (huàxué wùzhí)

• Czech: chemikálie (cs)
• Danish: kemikalie (da) n
• Dutch: chemicalie (nl) f
• Estonian: kemikaal (et)
• Finnish: kemikaali (fi), kemiallinen aine (fi)

• German: Chemikalie (de) f
• Hindi: रसायन (hi) (rasāyan) m
• Japanese: 化学物質 (ja) (かがくぶっしつ, kagaku busshitsu)
• Russian: химикат (ru) (ximikát) m, химическое соединение (ru) (ximíčeskoje sojedinénije) n
• Slovene: kemikalija (sl) f
• Swahili: kemikali (sw)
• Swedish: kemikalie (sv) c

an artificial chemical compound

• Danish: kemikalie (da) n
• Finnish: (keinotekoinen) kemikaali
• German: Chemikalie (de) f
• Russian: химическое соединение (ru) (ximíčeskoje sojedinénije) n
• Slovene: kemikalija (sl) f

• Spanish: producto químico (es) m
• Swahili: kemikali (sw)
• Swedish: kemikalie (sv) c
• Turkish: kimyasal (tr)

an addictive drug

• Dutch: verslavend middel (nl) n
• Finnish: kova huume (fi)

• German: Chemikalie (de) f
• Swahili: kemikali (sw)

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Translations to be checked

• French: produit chimique (fr) m

• Norwegian: kjemikal (no) n, kjemikalie (no) m, kjemikalium (no) n
• Telugu: రసాయనము (te)

Related terms

• alchemical
• chemist
• chemistry

See also

• molecule
• reagent

Anagrams

• alchemic