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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɛː.měː.aː/ → /çiˈmi.a/ → /çiˈmi.a/
Noun
χημείᾱ • (khēmeíā) f (genitive χημείᾱς); first declension
- Alternative form of χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”)
Declension
Greek
Etymology
From Late Latin chēmia, from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”).
Noun
χημεία • (chimeía) f (uncountable)
- (sciences, chemistry) chemistry
- Coordinate terms: βιολογία (viología), φυσική (fysikí)
- (figurative) chemistry (mutual attraction between two people)
Declension
Declension of χημεία
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singular
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nominative
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χημεία (chimeía)
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genitive
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χημείας (chimeías)
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accusative
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χημεία (chimeía)
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vocative
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χημεία (chimeía)
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Derived terms
- αναλυτική χημεία f (analytikí chimeía, “analytical chemistry”)
- ανόργανη χημεία (anórgani chimeía, “inorganic chemistry”)
- βιολογική χημεία (viologikí chimeía, “biological chemistry”)
- βιοχημεία (viochimeía, “biochemistry”)
- ηλεκτροχημεία (ilektrochimeía, “electrochemistry”)
- οργανική χημεία (organikí chimeía, “organic chemistry”)
- φυσικοχημεία (fysikochimeía, “physical chemistry”)
- χημείο n (chimeío, “chemistry laboratory”)
- χημειοθεραπεία f (chimeiotherapeía, “chemotherapy”)
- χημική αντίδραση f (chimikí antídrasi, “chemical reaction”)
- χημικός m or f (chimikós, “chemist”)
- χημικοφυσικός (chimikofysikós, “physical chemistry”, adjective)
- χημισμός m (chimismós, “chemistry, metabolism”)
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