calamine

See also: calaminé

English

Etymology

From French calamine, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin calamīna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

calamine f

1. plural of calamina