alkali
English
Etymology
From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alkali (countable and uncountable, plural alkalis or alkalies)
- (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
- (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
Synonyms
- (chemistry): base
Antonyms
- (chemistry): acid
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Afrikaans
Noun
alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)
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Danish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
Noun
alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)
Related terms
References
- “alkali” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
Pronunciation
Noun
alkali n (plural alkaliën)
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑli
Noun
alkali
Usage notes
- In Finnish alkali refers to bases in general. In English, it usually refers to a subgroup of bases as defined in the English section of this article.
Declension
Inflection of alkali (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alkali | alkalit | |
genitive | alkalin | alkalien alkaleiden alkaleitten | |
partitive | alkalia | alkaleita alkaleja | |
illative | alkaliin | alkaleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alkali | alkalit | |
accusative | nom. | alkali | alkalit |
gen. | alkalin | ||
genitive | alkalin | alkalien alkaleiden alkaleitten | |
partitive | alkalia | alkaleita alkaleja | |
inessive | alkalissa | alkaleissa | |
elative | alkalista | alkaleista | |
illative | alkaliin | alkaleihin | |
adessive | alkalilla | alkaleilla | |
ablative | alkalilta | alkaleilta | |
allative | alkalille | alkaleille | |
essive | alkalina | alkaleina | |
translative | alkaliksi | alkaleiksi | |
abessive | alkalitta | alkaleitta | |
instructive | — | alkalein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Hausa
Noun
àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)
- Alternative form of alƙali
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
Noun
alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)
Derived terms
References
- “alkali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
Noun
alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali, definite plural alkalia)
Derived terms
References
- “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
Noun
alkali c
Declension
Declension of alkali | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alkali | alkalien | alkalier | alkalierna |
Genitive | alkalis | alkaliens | alkaliers | alkaliernas |
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- en:Chemistry
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- af:Chemistry
- Danish terms derived from Arabic
- Danish lemmas
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- da:Chemistry
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
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- nl:Chemistry
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑli
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Chemistry
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Hausa lemmas
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- Hausa masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Arabic
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- nb:Chemistry
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Arabic
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- nn:Chemistry
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- sv:Chemistry