alkali

See also: Alkali, alkáli, and alƙali

Contents

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.kə.laɪ/, enPR: ălʹkəlī

• 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

• alkaligen
• alkaline
• alkali metal

Related terms

• alkalied
• alkaloid

Translations

class of caustic bases

• Afrikaans: alkali (af)
• Arabic: قَلَوِيّ‎ m (qalawiyy)
• Armenian: ալկալի (hy) (alkali)
• Basque: alkali
• Belarusian: шчолач f (ščólač)
• 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 (alqali)
• 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 (silti)
• Korean: 알칼리 (ko) (alkalli)
• Kurdish: qilê (ku), qela (ku), tift (ku)

• Latvian: sārmi m
• Lithuanian: šarmas m
• Macedonian: алкално n (alkalno)
• Malay: alkali
• Maori: waipāhua, pāpāhua
• Navajo: łeeyáán
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkali n

  Nynorsk: alkali n

• Oriya: କ୍ଷାର (or) (kṣarô)
• Ossetian: изгæрт (izgært)
• Persian: قلیا‎ (fa) (qaliâ), شخار‎ (fa) (šaxār)
• Polish: alkalia f
• Portuguese: álcali (pt) m
• Romanian: alkaliu 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)
• Turkish: alkali (tr)
• Ukrainian: луг m (luh)
• Vietnamese: chất kiềm

See also

• caustic
• pH

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Afrikaans

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑli

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

Derived terms

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

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Hausa

Noun

àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)

1. Alternative form of alƙali

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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

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

References

• “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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