kaliforn

Polish

Chemical element (edit)
Cf Atomic number 98 kaliforn
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-

Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa)

Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa)der.

Medieval Latin calīpha

Old French caliphe

Middle French calife

French califebor.

Spanish califa

Spanish -or

Spanish -n-

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek -εία (-eía)der.

Spanish -ia

Spanish Californiabor.

English California

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Latin -iusnom.

Latin -iumlbor.

English -ium

English californiumbor.

New Latin californiumbor.

Polish kaliforn

Borrowed from New Latin californium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fɔrn/

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• Rhymes: -ifɔrn
• Syllabification: ka‧li‧forn

Noun

kaliforn m inan

1. californium

Declension

Declension of kaliforn

	singular
nominative	kaliforn
genitive	kalifornu
dative	kalifornowi
accusative	kaliforn
instrumental	kalifornem
locative	kalifornie
vocative	kalifornie

Further reading

• “kaliforn”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)