chemia

See also: chémia

Latin

Alternative forms

• chimia, chymia

Etymology

Clipping of alchēmia (“alchemy”), in turn from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeː.mi.a/, [ˈkʰeːmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.mi.a/, [ˈkɛːmiä]

Noun

chēmia f sg (genitive chēmiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) chemistry

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	chēmia
genitive	chēmiae
dative	chēmiae
accusative	chēmiam
ablative	chēmiā
vocative	chēmia

Descendants

• → German: Chemie
• → Russian: хи́мия (xímija)

Related terms

• chemicus

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Polish

Noun

chemia f

1. chemistry

Declension

Declension of chemia

	singular
nominative	chemia
genitive	chemii
dative	chemii
accusative	chemię
instrumental	chemią
locative	chemii
vocative	chemio

Derived terms

adjectives

• biogeochemiczny
• chemiczny
• geochemiczny

 

adverb

• chemicznie

 

nouns

• agrochemia
• astrochemia
• biogeochemia
• chemiczka
• chemik
• geochemia
• geochemik

 

Further reading

• chemia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN