kalafonia

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.laˈfɔ.ɲa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲa
  • Syllabification: ka‧la‧fo‧nia

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. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)

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