alcali

See also: àlcali and álcali

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ka.li/

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Noun

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.

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

alcali m (invariable)

1. (chemistry) alkali, base

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ka.li/, [ˈäɫ̪kälʲɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ka.li/, [ˈälkäli]

Noun

alcali n (indeclinable)

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

Related terms

• alcalīnus

References

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

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alcali m (plural alcalïau or alcalïon)

1. (chemistry) alcali

   Synonym: gwrthsur

   Antonym: asid

Related terms

• bas (“base”)
• asid (“acid”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
alcali	unchanged	unchanged	halcali
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• 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