alambicco

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic إِنْبِيق (ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Compare Sicilian lammicu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lamˈbik.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ikko
  • Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bìc‧co

Noun

alambicco m (plural alambicchi)

  1. (obsolete) alembic
  2. still (distillation apparatus)
    Synonym: distillatore

Further reading

  • alambicco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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