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Italian
Alternative forms
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)
- (obsolete) alembic
- still (distillation apparatus)
- Synonym: distillatore
Further reading
- alambicco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana