alambique

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lɑ̃.bik/ Homophones: alambiquent, alambiques === Verb === alambique inflection of alambiquer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Verb === alambique inflection of alambicar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bi‧que === Etymology 1 === From Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Compare English alembic, French alambic, Spanish alambique. ==== Noun ==== alambique m (plural alambiques) alembic (chemical apparatus used to purify substances by distillation) still (device for distilling liquids) ===== Derived terms ===== alambicar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== alambique inflection of alambicar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alambique”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alambique”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alamˈbike/ [a.lãmˈbi.ke] Rhymes: -ike Syllabification: a‧lam‧bi‧que === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). ==== Noun ==== alambique m (plural alambiques) still (device for distilling liquids) Synonyms: alquitara, destilador alembic ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== atanor === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== alambique inflection of alambicar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alambique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025