"chemical" in seven languages
Meaningchemical
Spanish
químico
/ˈkimiko/
learned
French
chimique
/ʃimik/
learned
Italian
chimico
/ˈkimiko/
learned
Portuguese
químico
/ˈkimiku/
learned
Romanian
chimic
/ˈkimik/
learned
Catalan
químic
/ˈkimik/
learned
English
chemical
/ˈkɛmɪkəl/
from Latin/French · chemic, from Medieval Latin (al)chimicus
English → ItalianchemicalchimicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ALCHIMIAM (Medieval Latin)‘alchemy (from Arabic al-kīmiyāʼ)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Chemistry is alchemy minus the Arabic article al-. One spelling, three sounds: French ch is [ʃ], Italian ch is [k], and Spanish respelled it qu.
English relatives: chemistry, alchemy
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In a sentence
- esEs una reacción química.
- frC'est une réaction chimique.
- itÈ una reazione chimica.
- ptÉ uma reação química.
- roEste o reacție chimică.
- caÉs una reacció química.
- enIt's a chemical reaction.
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