alquimia

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See also: alquímia

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, art of alloying metals), from χύμα (khúma, ingot, bar).

Noun

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alquimia f (plural alquimias)

  1. alchemy
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Further reading

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, art of alloying metals), from χύμα (khúma, ingot, bar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alquimia f (usually uncountable)

  1. alchemy
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 21v:
      Et por ende los que ſe trabaian de alquimia aque llaman la obra mayor, deuen parar miétes que non dannen el nombre del ſaber. ca alquimia tanto quiere dezir, como maeſtria pora meiorar las coſas ca non empeorar las.
      And therefore those who work with alchemy, which they call the greatest work, must stop before they tarnish the name of knowledge; for alchemy means both mastery to make things better as well as to make them worse.
    • Idem, f. 34v.
      Mas por que eſto perteneſce ala obra dalquimia, no quiſiemos meter lo aqui en eſte libro.
      But because this pertains to the works of alchemy, we did not wish to include it here in this book.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: alquimia

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, art of alloying metals), from χύμα (khúma, ingot, bar).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.kiˈmi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.kiˈmi.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.kiˈmi.a/ [aʊ̯.kiˈmi.a]

  • Hyphenation: al‧qui‧mi‧a

Noun

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alquimia f (uncountable)

  1. alchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (al-kímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, art of allyoing metals), from χύμα (khúma, ingot, bar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈkimja/ [alˈki.mja]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -imja
  • Syllabification: al‧qui‧mia

Noun

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alquimia f (plural alquimias)

  1. alchemy
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Further reading

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