alkali
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- (chemistry): base
AntonymsEdit
- (chemistry): acid
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AfrikaansEdit
NounEdit
alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
NounEdit
alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)
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ReferencesEdit
- “alkali” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alkali n (plural alkaliën)
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FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alkali
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
DeclensionEdit
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 | |
instructive | — | alkalein | |
abessive | alkalitta | alkaleitta | |
comitative | — | alkaleineen |
Possessive forms of alkali (type paperi) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | alkalini | alkalimme |
2nd person | alkalisi | alkalinne |
3rd person | alkalinsa |
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HausaEdit
NounEdit
àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)
- Alternative form of alƙali
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alkali (plural, first-person possessive alkaliku, second-person possessive alkalimu, third-person possessive alkalinya)
- (chemistry) alkali, a group of bases from alkali metal group.
- (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 readingEdit
- “alkali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
NounEdit
alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)
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ReferencesEdit
- “alkali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
NounEdit
alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali, definite plural alkalia)
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ReferencesEdit
- “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily)
NounEdit
alkali c
DeclensionEdit
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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TurkishEdit
NounEdit
alkali (definite accusative alkaliyi, plural alkaliler)
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Nominative | alkali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | alkaliyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | alkali | alkaliler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | alkaliyi | alkalileri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | alkaliye | alkalilere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | alkalide | alkalilerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | alkaliden | alkalilerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | alkalinin | alkalilerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ReferencesEdit
- alkali in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu