alchemy

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• US: /ˈælkəmi/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmīabor. Old French alkimieder. English alchemy From Old French alkimie, arquemie (French alchimie), from Medieval Latin alchēmia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”). Compare Spanish alquimia and Italian alchimia.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: alchemie — ancient chemistry
• Arabic: اَلْخِيمِيَاء (al-ḵīmiyāʔ) — ancient chemistry
• Arabic: خِيمِيَاء (ḵīmiyāʔ) — ancient chemistry
• Armenian: ալքիմիա (alkʻimia) — ancient chemistry
• Azerbaijani: əlkimya — ancient chemistry
• Belarusian: алхі́мія (alxímija) — ancient chemistry
• Bengali: কিমিয়া (kimiẏa) — ancient chemistry
• Breton: alkimiezh — ancient chemistry
• Bulgarian: алхи́мия (alhímija) — ancient chemistry
• Catalan: alquímia — ancient chemistry
• Chinese Mandarin: 煉金術 /炼金术 (liànjīnshù) — ancient chemistry
• Cornish: alkemi — ancient chemistry
• Czech: alchymie — ancient chemistry
• Danish: alkymi — ancient chemistry
• Dutch: alchemie — ancient chemistry
• Dutch: scheikunde — ancient chemistry
• Esperanto: alkemio — ancient chemistry
• Esperanto: alĥemio — ancient chemistry
• Estonian: alkeemia — ancient chemistry
• Finnish: alkemia — ancient chemistry
• French: alchimie — ancient chemistry
• Galician: alquimia — ancient chemistry
• Georgian: ალქიმია (alkimia) — ancient chemistry
• German: Alchemie — ancient chemistry
• Greek: αλχημεία (alchimeía) — ancient chemistry
• Ancient Greek: χυμεία (khumeía) — ancient chemistry
• Hebrew: אַלְכִּימְיָה (alkimiya) — ancient chemistry
• Hindi: कीमिया (kīmiyā) — ancient chemistry
• Hindi: कीमियागरी (kīmiyāgrī) — ancient chemistry
• Hindi: रसायन (rasāyan) — ancient chemistry
• Hungarian: alkímia — ancient chemistry
• Hungarian: aranycsinálás — ancient chemistry
• Icelandic: gullgerðarlist — ancient chemistry
• Indonesian: alkimia — ancient chemistry
• Irish: ailceimic — ancient chemistry
• Italian: alchimia — ancient chemistry
• Japanese: 錬金術 (renkinjutsu) — ancient chemistry
• Japanese: 黄金術 (ōgonjutsu) — ancient chemistry
• Japanese: 煉丹術 (rentanjutsu) — ancient chemistry
• Kannada: ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ (rasavidye) — ancient chemistry
• Kazakh: алхимия (alximiä) — ancient chemistry
• Khmer: រសវិទ្យា (ros vityie) — ancient chemistry
• Khmer: រសាយនវិទ្យា (rĕəʼsaayaʼnaʼvityiə) — ancient chemistry
• Korean: 연금술 (yeon'geumsul) — ancient chemistry
• Korean: 련금술 (ryeon'geumsul) — ancient chemistry
• Kyrgyz: алхимия (alhimiya) — ancient chemistry
• Latin: alchemia — ancient chemistry
• Latvian: alķīmija — ancient chemistry
• Lezgi: алхимия (alꭓimiä) — ancient chemistry
• Limburgish: alsjemie — ancient chemistry
• Lithuanian: alchemija — ancient chemistry
• Macedonian: алхемија (alhemija) — ancient chemistry
• Malay: alkimia — ancient chemistry
• Manx: far-chemmig — ancient chemistry
• Norwegian Bokmål: alkymi — ancient chemistry
• Norwegian Nynorsk: alkymi — ancient chemistry
• Occitan: alquimia — ancient chemistry
• Persian: کیمیا (kimiyâ) — ancient chemistry
• Persian: کیمیاگری (kimiyâgari) — ancient chemistry
• Polish: alchemia — ancient chemistry
• Polish: alchimia — ancient chemistry
• Portuguese: alquimia — ancient chemistry
• Romanian: alchimie — ancient chemistry
• Russian: алхи́мия (alxímija) — ancient chemistry
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoil na cumaisg — ancient chemistry
• Serbo-Croatian: алке́мија — ancient chemistry
• Serbo-Croatian: alkemija — ancient chemistry
• Slovak: alchýmia — ancient chemistry
• Slovene: alkimija — ancient chemistry
• Spanish: alquimia — ancient chemistry
• Swedish: alkemi — ancient chemistry
• Tagalog: pagbabalahak — ancient chemistry
• Tamil: இரசவாதம் (iracavātam) — ancient chemistry
• Telugu: రసవాదము (rasavādamu) — ancient chemistry
• Thai: รสายนเวท (rá-sǎa-yá-ná-wêet) — ancient chemistry
• Thai: การเล่นแร่แปรธาตุ (gaan-lên-rɛ̂ɛ-bprɛɛ-tâat) — ancient chemistry
• Turkish: alşimi — ancient chemistry
• Turkish: simya — ancient chemistry
• Ottoman Turkish: سیمیا (simiya, simya) — ancient chemistry
• Ottoman Turkish: كیمیا (kimiya, kimya) — ancient chemistry
• Turkmen: alhimiýa — ancient chemistry
• Ukrainian: алхі́мія (alxímija) — ancient chemistry
• Urdu: کیمیا (kīmiyā) — ancient chemistry
• Uzbek: alkimyo — ancient chemistry
• Vietnamese: thuật giả kim — ancient chemistry
• Volapük: lalkim — ancient chemistry
• Welsh: alcemeg — ancient chemistry
• Welsh: alcemi — ancient chemistry
• French: alchimie — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Greek: αλχημεία (alchimeía) — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Polish: alchemia — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Portuguese: alquimia — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Serbo-Croatian: alkemija — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Spanish: alquimia — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Turkish: alşimi — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Turkish: simya — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Ottoman Turkish: سیمیا (simiya, simya) — causing of mysterious transmutation
• Ottoman Turkish: كیمیا (kimiya, kimya) — causing of mysterious transmutation