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/

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• Hyphenation: al‧che‧mist

Noun

alchemist (plural alchemists)

1. One who practices alchemy.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 155:

     [K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries’ lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.

   • 2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 73:

     Years later, scientists learned that the sun’s light—visible and invisible—is merely the by-product of a process alchemists had vainly tried to reproduce for centuries—the transmutation of one element into another. That nature accomplishes this before our very eyes, and that it is what creates the solar heat and light that supports all life, was suspected by no one. The revelation came as a complete surprise.

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(鍊金術師) (ko) (yeon'geumsulsa), 련금술사(鍊金術師) (ryeon'geumsulsa) (North Korea), 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