different between alkali vs metalloid

English

Etymology

From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic ?????????? (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to ?????? (qal?, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.k?.la?/, enPR: ?l?k?l?

Noun

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 peculiarities are solubility 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.
2. (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

Synonyms

• (chemistry): base

Antonyms

• (chemistry): acid

Derived terms

• alkaligen
• alkaline
• alkali metal

Related terms

• alkalied
• alkaloid

Translations

See also

• caustic
• pH

Afrikaans

Noun

alkali (plural alkalis or alkalië)

1. (chemistry) alkali

Synonyms

• basis

Antonyms

• suur

Derived terms

• alkalies
• alkaligehalte
• alkalireeks

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (al-qily)

Noun

alkali n (singular definite alkaliet, plural indefinite alkalier)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Related terms

• alkalisk

References

• “alkali” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Arabic ?????????? (al-qily)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ka?.li/
• Hyphenation: al?ka?li

Noun

alkali n (plural alkaliën)

1. (chemistry) alkali

Synonyms

• basis

Antonyms

• zuur

Derived terms

• alkalimetaal
• alkalose
• alkaloïde

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lk?li/, [??lk?li]
• Rhymes: -?lk?li
• Syllabification: al?ka?li

Noun

alkali

1. (chemistry) Synonym of emäs.

Usage notes

• In Finnish alkali refers to bases in general. In English, it usually refers to a subgroup of bases as defined in the English section of this article.

Declension

Derived terms

• alkalialbuminaatti
• alkalimaa
• alkalimetalli
• alkalimetria
• alkaliparisto
• alkalisuola
• alkaloidi

Hausa

Noun

àlk?l? m (plural àlk??lai, possessed form àlk?lin)

1. Alternative form of al?ali

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch alkali, from French alcali, ultimately from Arabic ?????????? (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to ?????? (qal?, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?ka.li/
• Hyphenation: al?ka?li

Noun

alkali (first-person possessive alkaliku, second-person possessive alkalimu, third-person possessive alkalinya)

1. (chemistry) alkali, a group of bases from alkali metal group.
2. (chemistry) base, any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.

   Synonym: basa

Further reading

• “alkali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (al-qily)

Noun

alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali or alkalier, definite plural alkalia or alkaliene)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Derived terms

• alkalimetall
• alkalisk
• alkalitet
• alkaloid

References

• “alkali” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (al-qily)

Noun

alkali n (definite singular alkaliet, indefinite plural alkali, definite plural alkalia)

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Derived terms

• alkalimetall
• alkalisk
• alkalitet
• alkaloid

References

• “alkali” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (al-qily)

Noun

alkali c

1. (chemistry) an alkali

Declension

Synonyms

• alkalie

Related terms

• alkalisk

Turkish

Noun

alkali (definite accusative alkaliyi, plural alkaliler)

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Declension

References

• alkali in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

English

Etymology

From metal +? -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t?l??d/

Noun

metalloid (plural metalloids)

1. (chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially one that exhibits the external characteristics of a metal, but behaves chemically more as a nonmetal.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.
   • 1836, Sir Humphry Davy, Memoirs

     By some they [metals of the alkalies] were called metalloids; by some their simple nature was objected to

Translations

Adjective

metalloid (comparative more metalloid, superlative most metalloid)

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to the metalloids.
2. (informal) Characteristic of the metal music genre.
   • 1997, CMJ New Music Monthly (number 43, page 12)

     Graham Massey of 808 State turns a Björkian moan into a vibrating siren and powers his strangely metalloid version of "Army Of Me" with it; the Brodsky String Quartet turns "Hyperballad" into a stately 3-D chess game.

   • 2004, Gene Santoro, Highway 61 Revisited

     It expanded from bleary delay rippling with looped phrases to embrace molten metalloid raunch and blues grit, acoustic guitars and pedal steels.