chemia

See also: chémia and chemią

Latin

Alternative forms

chimia, chymia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰeː.mi.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛː.mi.a]

Noun

chēmia f sg (genitive chēmiae); first declension

(New Latin) chemistry

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	chēmia
genitive	chēmiae
dative	chēmiae
accusative	chēmiam
ablative	chēmiā
vocative	chēmia

Related terms

chemicus

Descendants

→ French: chimie (learned)
→ 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