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Alchemy Pronunciation
Alchemy is pronounced AL-kuh-mee, IPA /ˈælkəmi/.
AL-kuh-mee
US /ˈælkəmi/ · UK /ˈælkəmi/
Syllables: AL · kuh · mee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The medieval forerunner of chemistry, above all the attempt to turn base metals into gold.
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Alchemy in a Sentence
- Newton spent more time on alchemy than most biographies admit.
- There is a kind of alchemy in the way she edits a script.
- The exhibition covers alchemy, astrology, and early medicine.
Common Mispronunciations of Alchemy
Not AL-chuh-mee
The ch is a hard k, as it is in chemist and chemical. The word travelled into English through Arabic and Greek, and both kept the k.
Not al-KE-mee
The opening syllable takes the beat and the two that follow are light.
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