alambique
See also: alambiqué
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.lɑ̃.bik/
- Homophones: alambiquent, alambiques
Verb edit
alambique
- inflection of alambiquer:
Galician edit
Verb edit
alambique
- inflection of alambicar:
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bi‧que
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Compare English alembic, French alambic, Spanish alambique.
Noun edit
alambique m (plural alambiques)
- alembic (chemical apparatus used to purify substances by distillation)
- still (device for distilling liquids)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
alambique
- inflection of alambicar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /alamˈbike/ [a.lãmˈbi.ke]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ike
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bi‧que
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”).
Noun edit
alambique m (plural alambiques)
- still (device for distilling liquids)
- Synonyms: alquitara, destilador
- alembic
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
alambique
- inflection of alambicar:
Further reading edit
- “alambique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014