Dr. Faust was well versed in alchemy.
Source: tatoeba (34417)
Alchemy
//ˈælkəmi//
Synonyms for "alchemy" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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11 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- alchemie noun (ancient chemistry)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χυμεία noun (ancient chemistry)
Arabic
2 entries- اَلْخِيمِيَاء noun (ancient chemistry)
- خِيمِيَاء noun (ancient chemistry)
Armenian
1 entries- ալքիմիա noun (ancient chemistry)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əlkimya noun (ancient chemistry)
Belarusian
1 entries- алхі́мія noun (ancient chemistry)
Bengali
1 entries- কিমিয়া noun (ancient chemistry)
Breton
1 entries- alkimiezh noun (ancient chemistry)
Bulgarian
1 entries- алхи́мия noun (ancient chemistry)
Catalan
1 entries- alquímia noun (ancient chemistry)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 煉金術 /炼金术 noun (ancient chemistry)
Cornish
1 entries- alkemi noun (ancient chemistry)
Czech
1 entries- alchymie noun (ancient chemistry)
Danish
1 entries- alkymi noun (ancient chemistry)
Dutch
2 entries- alchemie noun (ancient chemistry)
- scheikunde noun (ancient chemistry)
Esperanto
2 entries- alkemio noun (ancient chemistry)
- alĥemio noun (ancient chemistry)
Estonian
1 entries- alkeemia noun (ancient chemistry)
Finnish
1 entries- alkemia noun (ancient chemistry)
French
2 entries- alchimie noun (ancient chemistry)
- alchimie noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
Galician
1 entries- alquimia noun (ancient chemistry)
Georgian
1 entries- ალქიმია noun (ancient chemistry)
German
1 entries- Alchemie noun (ancient chemistry)
Greek
2 entries- αλχημεία noun (ancient chemistry)
- αλχημεία noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַלְכִּימְיָה noun (ancient chemistry)
Hindi
3 entries- कीमिया noun (ancient chemistry)
- कीमियागरी noun (ancient chemistry)
- रसायन noun (ancient chemistry)
Hungarian
2 entries- alkímia noun (ancient chemistry)
- aranycsinálás noun (ancient chemistry)
Icelandic
1 entries- gullgerðarlist noun (ancient chemistry)
Indonesian
1 entries- alkimia noun (ancient chemistry)
Irish
1 entries- ailceimic noun (ancient chemistry)
Italian
1 entries- alchimia noun (ancient chemistry)
Japanese
3 entries- 煉丹術 noun (ancient chemistry)
- 錬金術 noun (ancient chemistry)
- 黄金術 noun (ancient chemistry)
Kannada
1 entries- ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ noun (ancient chemistry)
Kazakh
1 entries- алхимия noun (ancient chemistry)
Khmer
2 entries- រសវិទ្យា noun (ancient chemistry)
- រសាយនវិទ្យា noun (ancient chemistry)
Korean
2 entries- 련금술 noun (ancient chemistry)
- 연금술 noun (ancient chemistry)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- алхимия noun (ancient chemistry)
Latin
1 entries- alchemia noun (ancient chemistry)
Latvian
1 entries- alķīmija noun (ancient chemistry)
Lezgi
1 entries- алхимия noun (ancient chemistry)
Limburgish
1 entries- alsjemie noun (ancient chemistry)
Lithuanian
1 entries- alchemija noun (ancient chemistry)
Macedonian
1 entries- алхемија noun (ancient chemistry)
Malay
1 entries- alkimia noun (ancient chemistry)
Manx
1 entries- far-chemmig noun (ancient chemistry)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alkymi noun (ancient chemistry)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- alkymi noun (ancient chemistry)
Occitan
1 entries- alquimia noun (ancient chemistry)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كیمیا noun (ancient chemistry)
Persian
2 entries- کیمیا noun (ancient chemistry)
- کیمیاگری noun (ancient chemistry)
Polish
3 entries- alchemia noun (ancient chemistry)
- alchemia noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
- alchimia noun (ancient chemistry)
Portuguese
2 entries- alquimia noun (ancient chemistry)
- alquimia noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
Romanian
1 entries- alchimie noun (ancient chemistry)
Russian
1 entries- алхи́мия noun (ancient chemistry)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgoil na cumaisg noun (ancient chemistry)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- alkemija noun (ancient chemistry)
- alkemija noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
- алке́мија noun (ancient chemistry)
Slovak
1 entries- alchýmia noun (ancient chemistry)
Slovene
1 entries- alkimija noun (ancient chemistry)
Spanish
2 entries- alquimia noun (ancient chemistry)
- alquimia noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
Swedish
1 entries- alkemi noun (ancient chemistry)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagbabalahak noun (ancient chemistry)
Tamil
1 entries- இரசவாதம் noun (ancient chemistry)
Telugu
1 entries- రసవాదము noun (ancient chemistry)
Thai
2 entries- การเล่นแร่แปรธาตุ noun (ancient chemistry)
- รสายนเวท noun (ancient chemistry)
Turkish
2 entries- simya noun (ancient chemistry)
- simya noun (causing of mysterious transmutation)
Turkmen
1 entries- alhimiýa noun (ancient chemistry)
Ukrainian
1 entries- алхі́мія noun (ancient chemistry)
Urdu
1 entries- کیمیا noun (ancient chemistry)
Uzbek
1 entries- alkimyo noun (ancient chemistry)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thuật giả kim noun (ancient chemistry)
Volapük
1 entries- lalkim noun (ancient chemistry)
Welsh
2 entries- alcemeg noun (ancient chemistry)
- alcemi noun (ancient chemistry)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
Source: tatoeba (327529)
Many tales of alchemy show up in "Journey to the West".
Source: tatoeba (329432)
Contrary to Newton's public image, most of his work was not devoted to science but rather to theology, mysticism and alchemy.
Source: tatoeba (1425819)
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