kalafonia

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kalafonia f

  1. (organic chemistry) rosin, colophony

Declension

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