different between calamint vs calamine

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French calament (assimilated in English to mint), from Old French calament, calamente, from Medieval Latin calamentum, from Latin calaminthe, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kalamínth?, “an odoriferous plant”), of uncertain origin (either by haplology from *??????-????? (*kalamo-mínth?) or a loanword, which Beekes considers most likely to be from Pre-Greek).

Attested since early 17th century.

Noun

calamint (plural calamints)

1. Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha.

Translations

Anagrams

• claimant

English

Etymology

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calam?na, from Latin cadm??a, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kadmeí?), after ?????? (Kádmos, “Cadmus”), mythological founder of Thebes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

1. A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions.
2. (mineralogy) The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite.

Translations

Verb

calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)

1. (transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

Anagrams

• analcime, camelina

French

Noun

calamine f (plural calamines)

1. calamine (zinc oxide or silicate)
2. Residue of carbon deposited in the cylinders of two-stroke engines

Further reading

• “calamine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

calamine f

1. plural of calamina