alambique

See also: alambiqué

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: alambiquent, alambiques

Verb

alambique

1. first-person singular present indicative of alambiquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of alambiquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of alambiquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of alambiquer
5. second-person singular imperative of alambiquer

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Portuguese

alambique

Etymology

From Arabic الإِنْبِيق‎ (al-ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Compare English alembic, French alambic, Spanish alambique.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ̃.ˈbi.kɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lɐ̃.ˈbi.ki/
• Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bi‧que

Noun

alambique m (plural alambiques)

1. alembic (chemical apparatus used to purify substances by distillation)
2. still (device for distilling liquids)

Derived terms

• alambicar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alamˈbike/, [alãmˈbike]

Etymology 1

From Arabic إِنْبِيق‎ (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”).

Noun

alambique m (plural alambiques)

1. still (device for distilling liquids)

   Synonyms: alquitara, destilador

2. alembic

Derived terms

• alambicar

See also

• atanor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

alambique

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of alambicar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of alambicar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of alambicar.

Further reading

• “alambique” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.