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

• alcmania

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmiː.na/, [käɫ̪äˈmiːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmi.na/, [käläˈmiːnä]

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

• 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)

1. calamine

Further reading

• “calamina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014