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):

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• Hyphenation: al‧che‧mist

Noun

alchemist (plural alchemists)

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

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:alchemist

Derived terms

• alchemistic
• alchemistical

Related terms

• alchemical
• alchemy

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

See also

• elixir, elixir of life
• philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑl.xəˈmɪst/, /ˌɑl.xeːˈmɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: al‧che‧mist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

alchemist m (plural alchemisten, diminutive alchemistje n)

1. alchemist

Related terms

• alchemie