diafragma

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See also: diafragmă

Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch diafragma, from Latin diaphragma, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (diáphragma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dijaːˈfrɑxmaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

Noun

diafragma n (plural diafragma's, diminutive diafragmaatje n)

  1. aperture (something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system)
  2. diaphragm: the muscle between thorax and abdomen needed for breething
    Synonym: middenrif

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian диафрагма (diafragma).

Pronunciation

Noun

diafragma

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:
      Kuin inmihisen ruumees, niin i elokkaan ruumees keskipaikaas ono mokoma poolosti, kumman erilaajain väliliha — kutsutaa hänt diafragmaks — jakkaa kahtee ossaa: rintapoolostii ja vatsapoolostii.
      Just like in a human body, in the animal body, in the middle there is a certain type of cavity, which a different kind of barrier - it's called a diaphragm - divides into two parts: the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity.

Declension

Declension of diafragma (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative diafragma diafragmat
genitive diafragman diafragmoin
partitive diafragmaa diafragmoja
illative diafragmaa diafragmoi
inessive diafragmaas diafragmois
elative diafragmast diafragmoist
allative diafragmalle diafragmoille
adessive diafragmaal diafragmoil
ablative diafragmalt diafragmoilt
translative diafragmaks diafragmoiks
essive diafragmanna, diafragmaan diafragmoinna, diafragmoin
exessive1) diafragmant diafragmoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.ma/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.ma/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.ma/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.ma/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.ɐˈfɾa.ɡmɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /djɐˈfɾa.ɡmɐ/

Noun

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  2. diaphragm (contraceptive device)
  3. (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diaphragmer.

Verb

a diafragma (third-person singular present diafragmează, past participle diafragmat) 1st conj.

  1. to diaphragm

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djaˈfɾaɡma/
  • Rhymes: -aɡma
  • Syllabification: dia‧frag‧ma

Etymology 1

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From Latin diaphragma (partition, diaphragm), from Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, partition-wall, barrier; later midriff, diaphragm), from διά (diá, through) + φράγμα (phrágma, fence, screen), from φράσσω (phrássō, to fence in, hedge around).

Noun

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen)
  2. diaphragm (contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup)
  3. (photography) diaphragm (thin, opaque structure with a central aperture)
  4. (acoustics) diaphragm (vibrating membrane in a speaker)
  5. (botany) diaphragm (membrane that separates one cavity from another)
  6. (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane separating two chambers)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

diafragma

  1. inflection of diafragmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

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Noun

diafragma c

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm
    Synonym: mellangärde
  2. a diaphragm (various partition walls)

Declension

Declension of diafragma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diafragma diafragman diafragmer diafragmerna
Genitive diafragmas diafragmans diafragmers diafragmernas
Declension of diafragma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diafragma diafragman diafragmor diafragmorna
Genitive diafragmas diafragmans diafragmors diafragmornas

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