alkali
English edit
Etymology edit
From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).
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Noun edit
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 characteristics are dissolving 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 US) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
Synonyms edit
- (chemistry): base
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- (antonym(s) of “chemistry”): acid
Derived terms edit
- alkalaemia
- alkalamide
- alkalemia
- alkalescent
- alkali basalt
- alkali bee
- alkalibiont
- alkalibiontic
- alkalic
- alkali cellulose
- alkaliferous
- alkali flat
- alkali fly
- alkalify
- alkaligen
- alkaligenous
- alkali grass
- alkali green
- alkali metal
- alkalimeter
- alkalimetric
- alkalimetry
- alkaline
- alkalinogenic
- alkalious
- alkaliphile
- alkaliproof
- alkalization
- alkalize
- alkalosis
- antalkali
- bialkali
- caustic alkali
- chloralkali
- haloalkaliphilic
- milk-alkali syndrome
- superalkali
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Descendants edit
- → Welsh: alcali
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Afrikaans edit
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Noun edit
alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).
Noun edit
alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)
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References edit
- “alkali” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).
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Noun edit
alkali n (plural alkaliën)
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see French alcali).
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Noun edit
alkali
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- 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.
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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 | ||
abessive | alkalitta | alkaleitta | ||
instructive | — | alkalein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “alkali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Noun edit
àlkālī m (plural àlkā̀lai, possessed form àlkālin)
- Alternative form of alƙali
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
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”).
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Noun edit
alkali (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 reading edit
- “alkali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).
Noun edit
alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)
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References edit
- “alkali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).
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alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali, definite plural alkalia)
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References edit
- “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French alcali or Spanish álcali, from Arabic الْقِلْي (al-qily).[1]
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Noun edit
alkali n (indeclinable)
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alkali”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- alkali in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
alkali (n class, plural alkali)
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Etymology edit
From Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).
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alkali c
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Declension of alkali | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alkali | alkalien | alkalier | alkalierna |
Genitive | alkalis | alkaliens | alkaliers | alkaliernas |
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Turkish edit
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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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References edit
- “alkali”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu