chemia

See also: chémia and chemią

Latin

Alternative forms

chimia, chymia

Etymology

Clipping of alchēmīa (“alchemy”), from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰeːˈmiː.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [keˈmiː.a]

Noun

chēmīa f sg (genitive chēmīae); first declension

(New Latin) chemistry

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	chēmīa
genitive	chēmīae
dative	chēmīae
accusative	chēmīam
ablative	chēmīā
vocative	chēmīa

Related terms

chēmicus

Descendants

→ French: chimie (learned)
- Haitian Creole: chimi
- → Iranian Persian: شیمی (šīmī)
→ German: Chemie
→ Greek: χημεία (chimeía)
→ Polish: chemia
→ Romanian: chimie (learned)
→ Russian: хи́мия (xímija)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chēmia. Doublet of alchemia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.mja/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛmja
Syllabification: che‧mia

Noun

chemia f

chemistry
(informal) chemotherapy
Synonym: chemioterapia

Declension

Declension of chemia

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

Derived terms

adjectives

adverb

chemicznie

nouns

Further reading

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