alcaloide

See also: alcalóide and alcaloïde

Italian

Etymology

From alcali +‎ -oide.

Noun

alcaloide m (plural alcaloidi)

1. (organic chemistry) alkaloid

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alcalóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From álcali + -oide.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈlɔj.dɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈlɔj.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈlɔj.dɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈlɔj.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈlɔj.dɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈlɔj.dɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.ka.ˈlɔj.di/
• Hyphenation: al‧ca‧loi‧de

Noun

alcaloide m (plural alcaloides)

1. (chemistry) alkaloid (organic heterocyclic base)

Related terms

• álcali
• alcalino

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic الْقِلْي (al-qily)

Andalusian Arabicbor.

Spanish álcali

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der.

Spanish -oide

Spanish alcaloide

From álcali + -oide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkaˈloide/ [al.kaˈloi̯.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: al‧ca‧loi‧de

Noun

alcaloide m (plural alcaloides)

1. (organic chemistry) alkaloid

Further reading

• “alcaloide”, 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