chemicus

Borrowed from Latin chēmicus, replacing earlier chymist. Equivalent to chemie +‎ -icus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeː.mi.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: che‧mi‧cus

chemicus m (plural chemici, diminutive chemicusje n)

1. chemist

   Synonym: scheikundige

• chimicus, chymicus

Shortened from alchēmia (“alchemy”), from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā), + -icus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeː.mi.kus/, [ˈkʰeːmɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.mi.kus/, [ˈkɛːmikus]

chēmicus (feminine chēmica, neuter chēmicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) chemical

First/second-declension adjective.

• alchymicus
• chēmia