🇮🇹 Italian

chimiche

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feminine

le chimiche

chemistries

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chimiche
/le ˈkiːmike/
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How do you say chimiche in Italian?

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/le ˈkiːmike/

How do you pronounce chimiche in Italian?

chimiche is pronounced /le ˈkiːmike/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La chimica organica è più difficile della chimica inorganica.

Organic chemistry is more difficult than inorganic chemistry.

La chimica moderna ha rivoluzionato completamente la nostra società industriale.

Modern chemistry has completely revolutionized our industrial society.

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Why is it feminine?

Chimiche is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "chemia" (itself borrowed from Arabic "al-kīmiyā"), and Latin nouns ending in "-ia" are typically feminine, a gender pattern that Italian preserves. The Arabic origin reflects chemistry's historical development in the Islamic world during the medieval period.

What is the Italian word for chemistries?

The Italian word for chemistries is le chimiche — feminine.

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