alcali

See also: àlcali and álcali

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ka.li/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

alcali m (plural alcalis)

1. (chemistry) alkali
   • 2006, Raymond Gilles, Michel Anctil, Physiologie animale‎^[1], page 238:

     Les alcaloses métaboliques sont rares, essentiellement en rapport avec l'ingestion accidentelle d'alcalis.

     Metabolic alkaloses are rare, essentially in keeping with the accidental ingestion of alkalis.

Further reading

• “alcali”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ka.li/

Noun

alcali m (invariable)

1. (chemistry) alkali, base

   Synonym: base

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.ka.lɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.ka.li]

Noun

alcali n (indeclinable)

1. (chemistry, Medieval Latin, New Latin) alkali

Related terms

• alcalīnus

References

• "alcali", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English alkali, from French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalkali/
• Rhymes: -ˈalkalɪ

Noun

alcali m (plural alcalïau or alcalïon)

1. (chemistry) alkali

   Synonym: (obsolete) gwrthsur

   Antonym: asid

Derived terms

• alcalïaidd (“alkaline”)

Related terms

• bas (“base”)
• asid (“acid”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alcali

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
alcali	unchanged	unchanged	halcali

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “alcali”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies