alkali

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• /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/
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• ălʹkə-lī'
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From French alcali, from Medieval Latin alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Arabic: قَلَوِيّ (qalawiyy) — class of caustic bases
• Armenian: ալկալի (alkali) — class of caustic bases
• Azerbaijani: qələvi — class of caustic bases
• Basque: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Belarusian: шчо́лач (ščólač) — class of caustic bases
• Belarusian: луг (luh) — class of caustic bases
• Bulgarian: основа (osnova) — class of caustic bases
• Catalan: àlcali — class of caustic bases
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹼 /碱 (jiǎn) — class of caustic bases
• Czech: alkálie — class of caustic bases
• Danish: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Dutch: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Esperanto: alkalo — class of caustic bases
• Estonian: leelis — class of caustic bases
• Estonian: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Finnish: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Finnish: emäs — class of caustic bases
• French: alcali — class of caustic bases
• Georgian: ტუტე (ṭuṭe) — class of caustic bases
• Georgian: ტუტემიწა (ṭuṭemic̣a) — class of caustic bases
• German: Alkali — class of caustic bases
• Greek: αλκαλίο (alkalío) — class of caustic bases
• Hebrew: אלקלי (alkali) — class of caustic bases
• Hungarian: alkáli — class of caustic bases
• Hungarian: lúg — class of caustic bases
• Indonesian: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Irish: alcaile — class of caustic bases
• Italian: alcali — class of caustic bases
• Italian: base — class of caustic bases
• Japanese: アルカリ (arukari) — class of caustic bases
• Kazakh: сілті (sıltı) — class of caustic bases
• Khmer: អាល់កាលី (ʼalkaalii) — class of caustic bases
• Korean: 알칼리 (alkalli) — class of caustic bases
• Northern Kurdish: qilê — class of caustic bases
• Northern Kurdish: qela — class of caustic bases
• Northern Kurdish: tift — class of caustic bases
• Latvian: sārmi — class of caustic bases
• Lithuanian: šarmas — class of caustic bases
• Macedonian: алкално (alkalno) — class of caustic bases
• Malay: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Māori: waipāhua — class of caustic bases
• Navajo: łeeyáán — class of caustic bases
• Norwegian Bokmål: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Norwegian Nynorsk: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Occitan: alcalí — class of caustic bases
• Odia: କ୍ଷାର (kṣāra) — class of caustic bases
• Ossetian: изгӕрт (izgært) — class of caustic bases
• Persian: قلیا (qaliyâ) — class of caustic bases
• Persian: شخار (šaxâr) — class of caustic bases
• Polish: alkalia — class of caustic bases
• Portuguese: álcali — class of caustic bases
• Romanian: alcaliu — class of caustic bases
• Russian: щёлочь (ščóločʹ) — class of caustic bases
• Serbo-Croatian: алкалије — class of caustic bases
• Serbo-Croatian: база — class of caustic bases
• Serbo-Croatian: alkalije — class of caustic bases
• Serbo-Croatian: baza — class of caustic bases
• Slovak: alkálie — class of caustic bases
• Slovene: alkalija — class of caustic bases
• Sogdian: ܘܝݍܬܪܝ (wižtarγ) — class of caustic bases
• Spanish: álcali — class of caustic bases
• Swedish: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Swedish: alkalie — class of caustic bases
• Telugu: క్షారము (kṣāramu) — class of caustic bases
• Thai: ด่าง (dàang) — class of caustic bases
• Turkish: alkali — class of caustic bases
• Ukrainian: луг (luh) — class of caustic bases
• Vietnamese: kiềm — class of caustic bases
• Welsh: alcali — class of caustic bases