prisma

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See also: PRISMA, Prisma, prismă, and prìșma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

Pronunciation

Noun

prisma m (plural prismes)

  1. (geometry) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
  2. prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin prisma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɪs.maː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pris‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ɪsmaː

Noun

prisma n (plural prismata or prisma's, diminutive prismaatje n)

  1. prism

Further reading

  • prisma” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Finnish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prisma.

Pronunciation

Noun

prisma

  1. (optics) prism

Declension

Inflection of prisma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative prisma prismat
genitive prisman prismojen
partitive prismaa prismoja
illative prismaan prismoihin
singular plural
nominative prisma prismat
accusative nom. prisma prismat
gen. prisman
genitive prisman prismojen
prismain rare
partitive prismaa prismoja
inessive prismassa prismoissa
elative prismasta prismoista
illative prismaan prismoihin
adessive prismalla prismoilla
ablative prismalta prismoilta
allative prismalle prismoille
essive prismana prismoina
translative prismaksi prismoiksi
abessive prismatta prismoitta
instructive prismoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of prisma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative prismani prismani
accusative nom. prismani prismani
gen. prismani
genitive prismani prismojeni
prismaini rare
partitive prismaani prismojani
inessive prismassani prismoissani
elative prismastani prismoistani
illative prismaani prismoihini
adessive prismallani prismoillani
ablative prismaltani prismoiltani
allative prismalleni prismoilleni
essive prismanani prismoinani
translative prismakseni prismoikseni
abessive prismattani prismoittani
instructive
comitative prismoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative prismasi prismasi
accusative nom. prismasi prismasi
gen. prismasi
genitive prismasi prismojesi
prismaisi rare
partitive prismaasi prismojasi
inessive prismassasi prismoissasi
elative prismastasi prismoistasi
illative prismaasi prismoihisi
adessive prismallasi prismoillasi
ablative prismaltasi prismoiltasi
allative prismallesi prismoillesi
essive prismanasi prismoinasi
translative prismaksesi prismoiksesi
abessive prismattasi prismoittasi
instructive
comitative prismoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative prismamme prismamme
accusative nom. prismamme prismamme
gen. prismamme
genitive prismamme prismojemme
prismaimme rare
partitive prismaamme prismojamme
inessive prismassamme prismoissamme
elative prismastamme prismoistamme
illative prismaamme prismoihimme
adessive prismallamme prismoillamme
ablative prismaltamme prismoiltamme
allative prismallemme prismoillemme
essive prismanamme prismoinamme
translative prismaksemme prismoiksemme
abessive prismattamme prismoittamme
instructive
comitative prismoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative prismanne prismanne
accusative nom. prismanne prismanne
gen. prismanne
genitive prismanne prismojenne
prismainne rare
partitive prismaanne prismojanne
inessive prismassanne prismoissanne
elative prismastanne prismoistanne
illative prismaanne prismoihinne
adessive prismallanne prismoillanne
ablative prismaltanne prismoiltanne
allative prismallenne prismoillenne
essive prismananne prismoinanne
translative prismaksenne prismoiksenne
abessive prismattanne prismoittanne
instructive
comitative prismoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾisma/
  • Rhymes: -isma
  • Hyphenation: pris‧ma

Noun

prisma m (plural prismas)

  1. prism

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma), from πρίω (príō, to saw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpri.zma/
  • Rhymes: -izma
  • Hyphenation: prì‧sma

Noun

prisma m (plural prismi)

  1. prism

Derived terms

Further reading

  • prisma in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • prisma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

Pronunciation

Noun

prisma n (genitive prismatis); third declension

  1. prism

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative prisma prismata
genitive prismatis prismatum
dative prismatī prismatibus
accusative prisma prismata
ablative prismate prismatibus
vocative prisma prismata

Descendants

References

  • prisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

prisma n

  1. definite plural of prisme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

prisma n

  1. definite plural of prisme

Occitan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

prisma m (plural prismas)

  1. prism

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

prisma m (plural prismas)

  1. (geometry) prism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
  2. perspective (a point of view used in an analysis)
    Synonyms: óptica, perspectiva

Further reading

  • prisma” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρῖσμα (prîsma, literally thing sawed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾisma/
  • Rhymes: -isma
  • Syllabification: pris‧ma

Noun

prisma m (plural prismas)

  1. (geometry) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
  2. prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)
  3. viewpoint, point of view, standpoint

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

Noun

prisma n or c

  1. (optics) prism

Declension

References