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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sisˈtema/ ,
Rhymes: -ema
Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma
Noun
sistema m (plural sistemes )
system
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
sistema m (plural sistemes )
system
Derived terms
Further reading
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
sistema (accusative singular sisteman , plural sistemaj , accusative plural sistemajn )
systematic
Galician
Etymology
From Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sisˈtɛma/
IPA (key ) : /sisˈtema/
Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma
Noun
sistema m (plural sistemas )
system
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /siˈstɛ.ma/
Rhymes: -ɛma
Hyphenation: si‧stè‧ma
Etymology 1
From Late Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Noun
sistema m (plural sistemi )
system
method , process
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sistema
inflection of sistemare :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
sistema in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
sistema in Luciano Canepari , Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
sistema in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
sistema in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica , De Agostini Scuola Spa
sistèma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti , Olivetti Media Communication
sistèma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Ladino
Etymology
From Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Noun
sistema m (Latin spelling , Hebrew spelling סיסטימה , plural sistemas )
system
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
sistemà f (plural sistèmos ) stress pattern 2
system
Declension
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sistema , from Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
sistema f (plural sistemi )
system
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma ) . Compare French système .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Portugal ) -emɐ , ( most of Brazil ) -ẽmɐ , ( Southern Brazil ) -ema
Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma
Noun
sistema m (plural sistemas )
system
( colloquial ) Often preceded by the word o (the ) : system, the mainstream culture , controlled by the elites or government of a state , or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual; the establishment
Os hippies eram contra o sistema . The hippies were against the establishment .
Derived terms
Further reading
“sistema ”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008 –2024
“sistema ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006 –2024
“sistema ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
“sistema ”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003 –2024
“sistema ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015 –2024
“sistema ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008 –2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin systēma , from Ancient Greek σύστημα ( sústēma , “ organized whole, body ” ) , from σύν ( sún , “ with, together ” ) + ἵστημι ( hístēmi , “ to stand ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sisˈtema/
Rhymes: -ema
Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma
Noun
sistema m (plural sistemas )
system
scheme ( a systematic plan of future action ; also, a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole )
( politics , colloquial ) the establishment
regime , system ( political )
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sistema .
Pronunciation
Noun
sistema (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜋ )
system ( way of doing something )
Synonyms: paraan , pamamaraan , kaparaaanan
regulation
Synonyms: palakad , pamamalakad , patakaran , tuntunin , panuntunan
Derived terms
Further reading
“sistema ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Uzbek
Noun
sistema (plural sistemalar )
system
Declension
Possessive forms of sistema