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/, [ˈkʰeːmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.mi.a/, [ˈkɛːmiä]

Noun

chēmia f sg (genitive chēmiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) chemistry

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: che‧mia

Noun

chemia f

1. chemistry
2. (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

• biogeochemiczny
• chemiczny
• geochemiczny

 

adverb

• chemicznie

 

nouns

• agrochemia
• astrochemia
• biogeochemia
• chemiczka
• chemik
• geochemia
• geochemik

 

Further reading

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