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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.taˈpla.zma/
- Rhymes: -azma
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧plà‧sma
Noun
cataplasma m (plural cataplasmi)
- poultice
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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cata- plasm
Pronunciation
Noun
cataplasma n (genitive cataplasmatis); third declension
- poultice, plaster
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
Verb
cataplasmā
- second-person singular present active imperative of cataplasmō
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧plas‧ma
Noun
cataplasma m or f (plural cataplasmas)
- poultice; cataplasm
- Synonyms: emplastro, emplasto
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kataˈplasma/
- Rhymes: -asma
- Syllabification: ca‧ta‧plas‧ma
Noun
cataplasma f (plural cataplasmas)
- poultice, cataplasm
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