geoquímica

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʒɛ.oˈkĩ.mi.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʒɛ.ɔˈki.mi.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -imikɐ
• Hyphenation: ge‧o‧quí‧mi‧ca

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Portuguese geo-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)der.

Portuguese química

Portuguese geoquímica

From geo- + química.

Noun

geoquímica f (uncountable)

1. geochemistry (branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

geoquímica

1. feminine singular of geoquímico

Noun

geoquímica f (plural geoquímicas)

1. female equivalent of geoquímico

Further reading

• “geoquímica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “geoquímica”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “geoquímica”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “geoquímica”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “geoquímica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeoˈkimika/ [xe.oˈki.mi.ka]
• Rhymes: -imika
• Syllabification: ge‧o‧quí‧mi‧ca

Etymology 1

From geo- + química.

Noun

geoquímica f (uncountable)

1. geochemistry (branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

geoquímica f (plural geoquímicas)

1. female equivalent of geoquímico

Adjective

geoquímica

1. feminine singular of geoquímico

Further reading

• “geoquímico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025