calamina
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin calamina, q.v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.laˈmi.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: ca‧la‧mì‧na
Noun
calamina f (plural calamine)
References
- calamina in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- calamina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From cadmia under influence from calamus, from Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kădmĭ́ā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Equivalent to calamus + -īna.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.ɫaˈmiː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.laˈmiː.na]
Noun
calamīna f (genitive calamīnae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, alchemy, chemistry) synonym of cadmia, calamine
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calamīna | calamīnae |
| genitive | calamīnae | calamīnārum |
| dative | calamīnae | calamīnīs |
| accusative | calamīnam | calamīnās |
| ablative | calamīnā | calamīnīs |
| vocative | calamīna | calamīnae |
Derived terms
- calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
Descendants
- English: calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
- French: calamine
- English: calamine
- Italian: calamina
- Spanish: calamina
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin calamina, q.v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalaˈmina/ [ka.laˈmi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧mi‧na
Noun
calamina f (plural calaminas)
Further reading
- “calamina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024