kalafonia

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian colofonia, from Latin rēsīna Colophōnia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.laˈfɔɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: ka‧la‧fon‧ia

Noun

kalafonia f

  1. (organic chemistry) rosin, colophony

Declension

Declension of kalafonia
singular plural
nominative kalafonia kalafonie
genitive kalafonii kalafonii/kalafonij (archaic)
dative kalafonii kalafoniom
accusative kalafonię kalafonie
instrumental kalafonią kalafoniami
locative kalafonii kalafoniach
vocative kalafonio kalafonie

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kalafonia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading

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