alcali

• IPA^(key): /al.ka.li/

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alcali m (plural alcalis)

1. (chemistry) alkali
   • 2006, Raymond Gilles, Michel Anctil, Physiologie animale‎^[1], page 238:

     Les alcaloses métaboliques sont rares, essentiellement en rapport avec l'ingestion accidentelle d'alcalis.

     Metabolic alkaloses are rare, essentially in keeping with the accidental ingestion of alkalis.

• “alcali”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcali.

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ka.li/

alcali m (invariable)

1. (chemistry) alkali, base

   Synonym: base

Derived from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.ka.lɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.ka.li]

alcali n (indeclinable)

1. (chemistry, Medieval Latin, New Latin) alkali

• alcalīnus

• "alcali", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from English alkali, from French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalkali/
• Rhymes: -ˈalkalɪ

alcali m (plural alcalïau or alcalïon)

1. (chemistry) alkali

   Synonym: (obsolete) gwrthsur

   Antonym: asid

• alcalïaidd (“alkaline”)

• bas (“base”)
• asid (“acid”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “alcali”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies