Definition
Producing, generating, or containing the properties of alkali; capable of forming or yielding alkali.
Etymology
From 'alkaligen' + Latin '-ous' (having the quality of). This adjective form allowed chemists to describe materials by their capacity to produce alkaline properties.
Kelly Says
When you see '-genous' in a word, you're looking at something that 'generates' or 'produces' qualities—it's the same root that gives us 'endogenous' (from within) and 'exogenous' (from outside), showing how chemists built vocabulary systematically.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ক্ষারীয়
ksha-ree-ya
CSČeština
alcalický
al-ka-li-cky
DADansk
alkalisk
al-ka-lis
DEDeutsch
alkalisch
al-ka-li-sh
ELΕλληνικά
άλκαλι
al-ka-li
ESEspañol
alcalino
al-ka-lee-noh
FISuomi
alkalinen
al-ka-li-nen
FRFrançais
alcalin
al-ka-leen
HIहिन्दी
क्षारीय
ksha-ree-ya
IDBahasa Indonesia
alkali
al-ka-li
ITItaliano
alcalino
al-ka-lee-noh
JA日本語
アルカリ性
aru-ka-ri-seikyuu
KO한국어
알칼리성
al-ka-ri-seong
MSBahasa Melayu
alkali
al-ka-li
NLNederlands
alkalisch
al-ka-li-sch
NONorsk
alkalisk
al-ka-lis
PLPolski
alkaliczny
al-ka-li-ch-ny
PTPortuguês
alcalino
al-ka-lee-noh
RORomână
alcalin
al-ka-lin
RUРусский
щелочной
shchelochnoy
SVSvenska
alkalisk
al-ka-lis
SWKiswahili
alkali
al-ka-li
TEతెలుగు
alkaline
al-ka-li-n
TRTürkçe
alkalin
al-ka-lin
UKУкраїнська
лужний
luzhnyy