English

Noun

cadmia ‎(uncountable)

1. (mineralogy, obsolete) An oxide of zinc that collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral
2. (mineralogy, obsolete) Calamine.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cadmias, cadmiât

Verb

cadmia

1. third-person singular past historic of cadmier

Italian

Verb

cadmia

1. third-person singular present indicative of cadmiare
2. second-person singular imperative of cadmiare

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek κᾰδμείᾱ, κᾰδμήᾱ, ‎κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ ‎(kadmeíā, kadmḗā, ‎kadmíā, “calamine”).

Alternative forms

• cadmēa
• (Medieval) calamīna

Pronunciation

cadmīa

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kadˈmiː.a/

cadmĭa

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/

Noun

cadmī̆a f ‎(genitive cadmī̆ae); first declension

1. an ore of zinc, calamine, cadmia
2. the dross or slag formed in a furnace

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

• English: cadmia

References

• cadmī̆a in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 cadmēa (-mīa ou -mĭa)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 235/2.

Etymology 2

Regularly conjugated forms of cadmium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/

Noun

cadmia n

1. nominative plural of cadmium
2. accusative plural of cadmium
3. vocative plural of cadmium