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 (kadmíā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), 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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calamīna calamīnae
Genitive calamīnae calamīnārum
Dative calamīnae calamīnīs
Accusative calamīnam calamīnās
Ablative calamīnā calamīnīs
Vocative calamīna calamīnae

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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