химия

Ultimately from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), probably influenced by other languages. Cognate to English alchemy and chemistry, see there for more.

• IPA^(key): [ˈximijɐ]

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• Syllabification^(key): хи‧ми‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): хи‧мия
• Rhymes: -imijɐ

хи́мия • (hímija) f (relational adjective хими́чески or хими́чен)

1. chemistry (scientific field and a subject)
2. (low colloquial, derogatory) something unnatural, a product of synthetic processes

   Днес всеки продукт съдържа някаква химия.

   Dnes vseki produkt sǎdǎrža njakakva himija.

   Nowadays, every product contains something unnatural.

3. (figurative, collective) anabolic substances (substances that enhance physical performance)
4. (figurative) chemistry (mutual attraction between two people)

• “химия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “химия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from Russian хи́мия (xímija), from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía).

• IPA^(key): [ˈxʲimʲɪjə]

химия • (ximiä)

1. chemistry

• химиялық (ximiälyq)
• химияшы (ximiäşy)

• хѵ́мія (xímija) — pre-1918 spelling

• IPA^(key): [ˈxʲimʲɪjə]

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хи́мия • (xímija) f inan (genitive хи́мии, nominative plural хи́мии, genitive plural хи́мий, relational adjective хими́ческий)

1. chemistry
2. (colloquial) perm (hairstyle, short for хими́ческая зави́вка (ximíčeskaja zavívka))
3. (colloquial) chemicals

   в э́тих овоща́х мно́го хи́мии ― v étix ovoščáx mnógo xímii ― these vegetables contain a lot of chemicals

4. (colloquial) machinations, tricks
5. (prison slang, Soviet Union from the 1960s, still in Belarus) construction work or other penal labour to which a convict (хи́мик (xímik)) is bound in place of detention proper
6. (colloquial) contraction of химиотерапи́я (ximioterapíja)

• хими́ческий (ximíčeskij)
• химика́лии f pl (ximikálii)
• хи́мик m (xímik)
• хими́чить impf (ximíčitʹ)

• → Kazakh: химия (ximiä)