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 (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

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

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “calamina”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010