alkaline

English

WOTD – 29 March 2009

Alternative forms

alk.

Etymology

First attested in 1677. From alkali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي‎ (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى‎ (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kəl.aɪn/
(US) enPR: ălˈkəlīn, IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kə.laɪn/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

alkaline (plural alkalines)

An alkaline battery.

Adjective

alkaline (comparative more alkaline, superlative most alkaline)

Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
(chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.

Synonyms

(chemistry): basic

Antonyms

(chemistry): acidic

Derived terms

Terms derived from alkaline

Related terms

Translations

of or relating to an alkali

Czech: zásaditý
Danish: alkalisk
Esperanto: alkaleca
Finnish: emäksinen (fi), alkalinen, alkali- (fi)
French: alcalin (fr)
Georgian: ტუტე (ṭuṭe), ტუტიანი (ṭuṭiani)
German: alkalisch (de)
Greek: αλκαλικός (el) m (alkalikós)
Hungarian: alkáli (hu)
Irish: alcaileach

Navajo: łeeyáán
Polish: alkaliczny (pl) m
Portuguese: alcalino (pt)
Romanian: alcalin (ro) m, n
Russian: щелочно́й (ru) (ščeločnój)
Serbo-Croatian: lužnat (sh) m, lužnati m
Slovak: zásaditý
Spanish: alcalino (es)
Swedish: alkalisk (sv)
Telugu: క్షార (te) (kṣāra)

having a pH greater than 7

Arabic: قَاعِدَة‎‎ f (qāʿida)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 碱性 (zh) (jiǎnxìng)
Czech: zásaditý
Danish: alkalisk
Esperanto: alkaleca
Finnish: emäksinen (fi), alkalinen
French: basique (fr) m
German: alkalisch (de)
Greek: αλκαλικός (el) m (alkalikós)

Hungarian: alkalikus (hu), lúgos (hu)
Irish: alcaileach
Korean: 알칼리성 (ko) (alkalliseong), 염기성 (ko) (yeomgiseong)
Navajo: díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh
Polish: alkaliczny (pl) m
Portuguese: alcalino (pt)
Slovak: zásaditý
Spanish: alcalino (es)
Swedish: alkalisk (sv), basisk (sv)

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Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} alkaličan

Italian

Adjective

alkaline f

feminine plural of alkalino

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