alchemist

See also: Alchemist

English

Etymology

From Old French alquemiste (French alchimiste), from Medieval Latin alchemista. Equivalent to alchemy +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kə.mɪst/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: al‧che‧mist

Noun

alchemist (plural alchemists)

One who practices alchemy.
One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:alchemist

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Translations

one who practices alchemy

Afrikaans: alchemis
Arabic: خِيمِيَائِيّ m (ḵīmiyāʔiyy)
Armenian: ալքիմիկոս (hy) (alkʻimikos)
Belarusian: альхімік m (alʹximik)
Breton: alkimiour m
Bulgarian: алхимик (bg) m (alhimik)
Catalan: alquimista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方士 (zh) (fāngshì)
Czech: alchymista (cs) m
Danish: alkymist c
Dutch: alchemist (nl) c, alchimist (nl) c
Esperanto: (♂♀) alkemiisto, (explicitly ♂) viralkemiisto, (explicitly ♀) alkemiistino, (♂♀) alĥemiisto, (explicitly ♂) viralĥemiisto, (explicitly ♀) alĥemiistino
Finnish: alkemisti (fi)
French: alchimiste (fr) m or f
Old French: alquemiste m
Galician: alquimista (gl) m or f
Georgian: ალქიმიკოსი (alkimiḳosi)
German: Alchemist (de) m, Alchemistin (de) f
Greek: αλχημιστής (el) m (alchimistís)
Hungarian: alkimista (hu)
Icelandic: gullgerðarmaður m
Ido: alkemiisto (io)
Irish: ailceimiceoir m, ailceimicí m
Italian: alchimista (it) m or f
Japanese: 錬金術師 (ja) (れんきんじゅつし, renkinjutsushi), アルケミスト (arukemisuto)
Khmer: រសវិទូ (ros vi tu)
Korean: 연금술사 (ko) (yeon'geumsulsa), 연금사 (yeon'geumsa)
Ladino: alkímiko
Latin: alchemista f
Lithuanian: alchemikas m
Manx: far-chemmicagh
Neapolitan: archemista
Norwegian: alkymist (no) c
Occitan: alquimista (oc)
Persian: کیمیاگر (fa) (kimiâgar)
Polish: alchemik (pl) m, alchemista (pl) (dated), alchimista (pl) (archaic), alchymik (archaic)
Portuguese: alquimista (pt) m or f
Romanian: alchimist (ro) m
Russian: алхи́мик (ru) m (alxímik)
Scottish Gaelic: ailceimicear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: алкемичар m

Roman: alkemičar m
Slovak: alchymista m, alchymistka f
Slovene: alkimist m, alkimistka f
Spanish: alquimista (es) m or f
Swedish: alkemist (sv) c
Telugu: రసవాది (te) (rasavādi)
Thai: นักเล่นแร่แปรธาตุ (nák-lên-rɛ̂ɛ-bprɛɛ-tâat)
Turkish: alşimist (tr), simyacı (tr)
Vietnamese: nhà giả kim (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) lalkiman (vo), (♂) hilalkiman, (♀) jilalkiman, (obsolete) lukiemel
Welsh: alcemydd m

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɑl.xəˈmɪst/, /ˌɑl.xeːˈmɪst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: al‧che‧mist
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

alchemist m (plural alchemisten, diminutive alchemistje n)

alchemist

Related terms

alchemie

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