alambicco

Italian

Alternative forms

• lambicco, limbicco (archaic)

Etymology

From a variant of Medieval Latin alembicum, from Arabic إِنْبِيق (ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Compare Sicilian lammicu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lamˈbik.ko/
• Rhymes: -ikko
• Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bìc‧co

Noun

alambicco m (plural alambicchi)

1. alembic, still (distillation apparatus)

   Synonym: distillatore

Further reading

• alambicco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana