alambique

See also: alambiqué

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɑ̃.bik/
• Homophones: alambiquent, alambiques

Verb

alambique

1. inflection of alambiquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

alambique

1. inflection of alambicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lɐ̃ˈbi.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ̃ˈbi.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bi‧que

Etymology 1

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

alambique

Noun

alambique m (plural alambiques)

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

Derived terms

• alambicar

Descendants

• → Nheengatu: lambiki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alambique

1. inflection of alambicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alambique”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alambique”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alamˈbike/ [a.lãmˈbi.ke]

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• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: a‧lam‧bi‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alambique

1. inflection of alambicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alambique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025