alkali

See also: Alkali, alkáli, and alƙali

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/, enPR: ălʹkə-lī'

• Audio (US)

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Noun

alkali (countable and uncountable, plural alkalis or alkalies)

1. (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.
2. (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

Synonyms

• (chemistry): base

Antonyms

• (chemistry): acid

Derived terms

• alkali basalt
• alkali cellulose
• alkali flat
• alkali fly
• alkaligen
• alkali grass
• alkali green
• alkali metal
• alkaline
• caustic alkali
• milk-alkali syndrome

 

Related terms

• alkalied
• alkaloid

Translations

class of caustic bases

• Afrikaans: alkali (af)
• Arabic: قَلَوِيّ‎ m (qalawiyy)
• Armenian: ալկալի (hy) (alkali)
• Basque: alkali
• Belarusian: шчо́лач f (ščólač), луг m (luh)
• Bulgarian: основа (bg) f (osnova)
• Catalan: àlcali m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹼 (zh), 碱 (zh) (jiǎn)

• Czech: alkálie f
• Danish: alkali n
• Dutch: alkali (nl) n
• Esperanto: alkalo
• Estonian: leelis, alkali (et)
• Finnish: alkali (fi), emäs (fi)
• French: alcali (fr) m
• Georgian: ტუტე (ṭuṭe), ტუტემიწა (ṭuṭemic̣a)
• German: Alkali n
• Greek: αλκαλίο n (alkalío)
• Hebrew: אלקלי‎ m (alkali)
• Hungarian: alkáli (hu), lúg (hu)
• Indonesian: alkali (id)
• Irish: alcaile f
• Italian: alcali (it) m, base (it) f
• Japanese: アルカリ (ja) (arukari)
• Kazakh: сілті (sıltı)
• Khmer: អាល់កាលី (ʼalkaalii)
• Korean: 알칼리 (ko) (alkalli)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: qilê (ku), qela (ku), tift (ku)

• Latvian: sārmi m

• Lithuanian: šarmas m
• Macedonian: алкално n (alkalno)
• Malay: alkali (ms)
• Maori: waipāhua
• Navajo: łeeyáán
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkali n

  Nynorsk: alkali n

• Occitan: alcalí m
• Oriya: କ୍ଷାର (or) (kṣarô)
• Ossetian: изгӕрт (izgært)
• Persian: قلیا‎ (fa) (qaliyâ), شخار‎ (fa) (šaxâr)
• Polish: alkalia f
• Portuguese: álcali (pt) m
• Romanian: alcaliu (ro) n
• Russian: щёлочь (ru) f (ščóločʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алкалије f, база f

  Roman: alkalije f, baza (sh) f

• Slovak: alkálie f
• Slovene: alkalija f
• Sogdian: ܘܝݍܬܪܝ‎ (wižtarγ)
• Spanish: álcali (es) m
• Swedish: alkali (sv) c, alkalie (sv) c
• Telugu: క్షారము (te) (kṣāramu)
• Thai: ด่าง (th) (dàang)
• Turkish: alkali (tr)
• Ukrainian: луг m (luh)
• Vietnamese: kiềm (vi)

See also

• caustic
• pH

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)

1. (chemistry) alkali

Synonyms

• basis

Antonyms

• suur

Derived terms

• alkalies
• alkaligehalte
• alkalireeks

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Danish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily).

Noun

alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Related terms

• alkalisk

References

• “alkali” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈkaː.li/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: al‧ka‧li

Noun

alkali n (plural alkaliën)

1. (chemistry) alkali

Synonyms

• basis

Antonyms

• zuur

Derived terms

• alkalimetaal
• alkalose
• alkaloïde

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see French alcali).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlkɑli/, [ˈɑlkɑli]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑli
• Syllabification^(key): al‧ka‧li

Noun

alkali

1. (chemistry) Synonym of emäs.

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)
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
instructive		—	alkalein
abessive		alkalitta	alkaleitta
comitative		—	alkaleineen

Possessive forms of alkali (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	alkalini	alkalimme
2nd person	alkalisi	alkalinne
3rd person	alkalinsa

Derived terms

• alkalialbuminaatti
• alkalimaa
• alkalimetalli
• alkalimetria
• alkaliparisto
• alkalisuola
• alkaloidi

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔàl.káː.líː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔàl.káː.líː]

Noun

àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)

1. Alternative form of alƙali

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch alkali, 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

• IPA^(key): /alˈka.li/
• Hyphenation: al‧ka‧li

Noun

alkali (first-person possessive alkaliku, second-person possessive alkalimu, third-person possessive alkalinya)

1. (chemistry) alkali, a group of bases from alkali metal group.
2. (chemistry) base, any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.

   Synonym: basa

Further reading

• “alkali” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily).

Noun

alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Derived terms

• alkalimetall
• alkalisk
• alkalitet
• alkaloid

References

• “alkali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily).

Noun

alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali, definite plural alkalia)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Derived terms

• alkalimetall
• alkalisk
• alkalitet
• alkaloid

References

• “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French alcali or Spanish álcali, from Arabic الْقِلْي‎ (al-qily).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈka.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: al‧ka‧li

Noun

alkali n (indeclinable)

1. Obsolete form of alkalia.

Further reading

• alkali in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alkali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily).

Noun

alkali c

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Declension

Declension of alkali
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alkali	alkalien	alkalier	alkalierna
Genitive	alkalis	alkaliens	alkaliers	alkaliernas

Synonyms

• alkalie

Related terms

• alkalisk

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Turkish

Noun

alkali (definite accusative alkaliyi, plural alkaliler)

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Declension

Inflection
Nominative	alkali
Definite accusative	alkaliyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alkali	alkaliler
Definite accusative	alkaliyi	alkalileri
Dative	alkaliye	alkalilere
Locative	alkalide	alkalilerde
Ablative	alkaliden	alkalilerden
Genitive	alkalinin	alkalilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular alkalim alkalilerim 2nd singular alkalin alkalilerin 3rd singular alkalisi alkalileri 1st plural alkalimiz alkalilerimiz 2nd plural alkaliniz alkalileriniz 3rd plural alkalileri alkalileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular alkalimi alkalilerimi 2nd singular alkalini alkalilerini 3rd singular alkalisini alkalilerini 1st plural alkalimizi alkalilerimizi 2nd plural alkalinizi alkalilerinizi 3rd plural alkalilerini alkalilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular alkalime alkalilerime 2nd singular alkaline alkalilerine 3rd singular alkalisine alkalilerine 1st plural alkalimize alkalilerimize 2nd plural alkalinize alkalilerinize 3rd plural alkalilerine alkalilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular alkalimde alkalilerimde 2nd singular alkalinde alkalilerinde 3rd singular alkalisinde alkalilerinde 1st plural alkalimizde alkalilerimizde 2nd plural alkalinizde alkalilerinizde 3rd plural alkalilerinde alkalilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular alkalimden alkalilerimden 2nd singular alkalinden alkalilerinden 3rd singular alkalisinden alkalilerinden 1st plural alkalimizden alkalilerimizden 2nd plural alkalinizden alkalilerinizden 3rd plural alkalilerinden alkalilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular alkalimin alkalilerimin 2nd singular alkalinin alkalilerinin 3rd singular alkalisinin alkalilerinin 1st plural alkalimizin alkalilerimizin 2nd plural alkalinizin alkalilerinizin 3rd plural alkalilerinin alkalilerinin

References

• alkali in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu