flegma

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmes)

  1. phlegm

Esperanto

Etymology

From French flegmatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

Adjective

flegma (accusative singular flegman, plural flegmaj, accusative plural flegmajn)

  1. phlegmatic, calm

Indonesian

Noun

flegma (first-person possessive flegmaku, second-person possessive flegmamu, third-person possessive flegmanya)

  1. phlegm

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛɡ.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡma
  • Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f

  1. (physiology) phlegm, mucus
  2. phlegm, calmness, sluggishness

Declension

Further reading

  • flegma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • flegma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfle.ɡu.i.mɐ/ , /ˈfle.ɡi.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfle.ɡu.i.ma/ , /ˈfle.ɡi.ma/

  • Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma m or f (plural flegmas)

  1. Rare form of fleuma.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flěɡma/
  • Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Noun

flègma f (Cyrillic spelling флѐгма)

  1. phlegm, apathy
  2. phlegmatic person

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

See flema.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleɡma/
  • Rhymes: -eɡma
  • Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmas)

  1. Obsolete form of flema.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, phlegma).

Noun

flegma c

  1. phlegm

Declension

Declension of flegma 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative flegma flegman
Genitive flegmas flegmans