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)

  1. 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

Noun

calamīna f (genitive calamīnae); first declension

  1. (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

Descendants

  • English: calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
  • French: 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)

  1. calamine

Further reading