"chemical" meaning in All languages combined

See chemical on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkemɪkəl/ Audio: en-us-chemical.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav [UK] Forms: chemical [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: kĕm'ĭk-əl Head templates: {{adjective}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Of or about chemicals.
    Sense id: simple-chemical-en-adj-Ob33C43~ Categories (other): Attributive modifiers

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkemɪkəl/ Audio: en-us-chemical.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav [UK] Forms: chemical [singular], chemicals [plural]
enPR: kĕm'ĭk-əl Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A chemical is a basic substance that is used in or produced by mixing elements or other chemicals.
    Sense id: simple-chemical-en-noun-Ph7dEZnj
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chemical",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chemicals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When you burn plastics, you put dangerous chemicals into the air."
        },
        {
          "text": "The chemical industry in China is producing more and more useful paints, glues, and other products."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chemical is a basic substance that is used in or produced by mixing elements or other chemicals."
      ],
      "id": "simple-chemical-en-noun-Ph7dEZnj",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "kĕm'ĭk-əl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkemɪkəl/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"kemIk@l/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chemical.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chemical"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chemical",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attributive modifiers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This test can detect small changes in the chemical composition of water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or about chemicals."
      ],
      "id": "simple-chemical-en-adj-Ob33C43~",
      "raw_tags": [
        "usually before a noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "kĕm'ĭk-əl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkemɪkəl/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"kemIk@l/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chemical.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chemical"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chemical",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chemicals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When you burn plastics, you put dangerous chemicals into the air."
        },
        {
          "text": "The chemical industry in China is producing more and more useful paints, glues, and other products."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chemical is a basic substance that is used in or produced by mixing elements or other chemicals."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "kĕm'ĭk-əl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkemɪkəl/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"kemIk@l/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chemical.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chemical"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chemical",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Attributive modifiers"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This test can detect small changes in the chemical composition of water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or about chemicals."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "usually before a noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "kĕm'ĭk-əl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkemɪkəl/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"kemIk@l/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chemical.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chemical"
}

Download raw JSONL data for chemical meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.