alquimia

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See also: alquímia

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

Noun

alquimia f (plural alquimias)

  1. alchemy

Further reading

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alquimia f (usually uncountable)

  1. alchemy
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 21v:
      Et por ende los que ſe trabaian de alquimia aque llaman la obra mayor, deuen parar miétes que non dannen el nombre del ſaber. ca alquimia tanto quiere dezir, como maeſtria pora meiorar las coſas ca non empeorar las.
      And therefore those who work with alchemy, which they call the greatest work, must stop before they tarnish the name of knowledge; for alchemy means both mastery to make things better as well as to make them worse.
    • Idem, f. 34v.
      Mas por que eſto perteneſce ala obra dalquimia, no quiſiemos meter lo aqui en eſte libro.
      But because this pertains to the works of alchemy, we did not wish to include it here in this book.

Descendants

  • Spanish: alquimia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: al‧qui‧mi‧a

Noun

alquimia f (uncountable)

  1. alchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (al-kímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of allyoing metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈkimja/
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  • Rhymes: -imja
  • Syllabification: al‧qui‧mia

Noun

alquimia f (plural alquimias)

  1. alchemy

Further reading

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