litmus paper

English

Noun

litmus paper (countable and uncountable, plural litmus papers)

1. (chemistry) paper containing a water-soluble pH indicator composed of a mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity, turning red when acidic and blue when alkaline.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: وَرَقَة عَبَّاد اَلشَّمْس f (waraqat ʕabbād aš-šams)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石蕊試紙／石蕊试纸 (zh) (shíruǐshìzhǐ)

• Crimean Tatar: lakmus kâğıtı
• Czech: lakmusový papírek m
• Dutch: lakmoespapier n, lakmoespapiertje n
• Finnish: lakmuspaperi (fi)
• French: papier de tournesol (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაკმუსის ქაღალდი (laḳmusis kaɣaldi)
• German: Lackmuspapier (de) n
• Greek: χαρτί ηλιοτροπίου n (chartí iliotropíou)
• Hebrew: נְיַיר לַקְמוּס (he) m
• Hungarian: lakmuszpapír (hu)
• Italian: cartina tornasole f
• Japanese: リトマス紙 (ritomasu shi)
• Malay: kertas litmus (ms)
• Polish: papierek lakmusowy m
• Portuguese: papel de tornassol m
• Russian: ла́кмусовая бума́га f (lákmusovaja bumága)
• Spanish: papel de tornasol m
• Swedish: lackmuspapper (sv) n
• Tagalog: tornasol
• Turkish: turnusol (tr), turnusol kağıdı
• Vietnamese: giấy quỳ

Further reading

• litmus paper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia