Meaning

1 senses

  1. To coat or treat with calamine.

Origin

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Anc

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

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Forms

calamines, calamining, calamined, calamined
Base formcalamine · to calamine
3rd person singularcalamines
Present participlecalamining
Past simplecalamined
Past participlecalamined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycalamine
he, she, itcalamines

Past simpleLesson

all personscalamined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave calamined
he, she, ithas calamined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill calamine

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cajolecakeA1calabashcalamityC2calciumcalculateB1calculationB1

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