"alkali" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/ Audio: en-us-alkali.ogg Forms: alkalis [plural], alkalies [plural]
enPR: ălʹkə-lī' Etymology: From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ق ل ي}}, {{der|en|fr|alcali}} French alcali, {{der|en|ar|قلي|اَلْقِلْي|alkali, ashes of the saltwort}} Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|alkalies}} alkali (countable and uncountable, plural alkalis or alkalies)
  1. (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (class of caustic bases): alkali (Afrikaans), قَلَوِيّ (qalawiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ալկալի (alkali) (Armenian), alkali (Basque), шчо́лач (ščólač) [feminine] (Belarusian), луг (luh) [masculine] (Belarusian), основа (osnova) [feminine] (Bulgarian), àlcali [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (jiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), alkálie [feminine] (Czech), alkali [neuter] (Danish), alkali [neuter] (Dutch), alkalo (Esperanto), leelis (Estonian), alkali (Estonian), alkali (Finnish), emäs (Finnish), alcali [masculine] (French), ტუტე (ṭuṭe) (Georgian), ტუტემიწა (ṭuṭemic̣a) (Georgian), Alkali [neuter] (German), αλκαλίο (alkalío) [neuter] (Greek), אלקלי (alkali) [masculine] (Hebrew), alkáli (Hungarian), lúg (Hungarian), alkali (Indonesian), alcaile [feminine] (Irish), alcali [masculine] (Italian), base [feminine] (Italian), アルカリ (arukari) (Japanese), сілті (sıltı) (Kazakh), អាល់កាលី (ʼalkaalii) (Khmer), 알칼리 (alkalli) (Korean), sārmi [masculine] (Latvian), šarmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), алкално (alkalno) [neuter] (Macedonian), alkali (Malay), waipāhua (Maori), łeeyáán (Navajo), qilê (Northern Kurdish), qela (Northern Kurdish), tift (Northern Kurdish), alkali [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alkali [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), alcalí [masculine] (Occitan), କ୍ଷାର (kshāra) (Odia), изгӕрт (izgært) (Ossetian), قلیا (qaliyâ) (Persian), شخار (šaxâr) (Persian), alkalia [feminine] (Polish), álcali [masculine] (Portuguese), alcaliu [neuter] (Romanian), щёлочь (ščóločʹ) [feminine] (Russian), алкалије [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), база [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alkalije [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), baza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alkálie [feminine] (Slovak), alkalija [feminine] (Slovene), ܘܝݍܬܪܝ (wižtarγ) (Sogdian), álcali [masculine] (Spanish), alkali [common-gender] (Swedish), alkalie [common-gender] (Swedish), క్షారము (kṣāramu) (Telugu), ด่าง (dàang) (Thai), alkali (Turkish), луг (luh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kiềm (Vietnamese), alcali [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (Western US) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. Tags: US, Western, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: base [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Related terms: alkalied, alkaloid, caustic, pH

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        "One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue."
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        "(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue."
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      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "izgært",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "изгӕрт"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qaliyâ",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "قلیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šaxâr",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "شخار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkalia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álcali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alcaliu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščóločʹ",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "щёлочь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алкалије"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "база"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkalije"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkálie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkalija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sog",
      "lang": "Sogdian",
      "roman": "wižtarγ",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ܘܝݍܬܪܝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álcali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alkalie"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kṣāramu",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "క్షారము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dàang",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ด่าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "luh",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "луг"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "kiềm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcali"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "alkali"
  ],
  "word": "alkali"
}

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