chemia

• chimia, chymia

Clipping of alchēmia (“alchemy”), in turn from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء‎ (al-kīmiyāʔ).

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

chēmia f sg (genitive chēmiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) chemistry

First-declension noun, singular only.

• chemicus

• → German: Chemie
• → Russian: хи́мия (xímija)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía). Doublet of alchemia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.mja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: che‧mia

chemia f

1. chemistry
2. (informal) chemotherapy

   Synonym: chemioterapia

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