calamine

See also: calaminé

Contents

English

Etymology

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmī̆a, from Ancient Greek κᾰδμείᾱ (kadmeíā), after Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”), mythological founder of Thebes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

1. A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions.
2. (mineralogy) The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite.

Verb

calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)

1. (transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

Anagrams

• analcime, camelina

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French

Noun

calamine f (plural calamines)

1. calamine (zinc oxide or silicate)
2. Residue of carbon deposited in the cylinders of two-stroke engines

Further reading

• “calamine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

calamine f

1. plural of calamina