thema

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See also: Thema, thế mà, and þema

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (théma). Doublet of theme.

Noun

thema (plural themas or themata)

  1. A subject or theme.
    • 1997, Rocco Caopzzi, Reading Eco: An Anthology, page 111:
      Eco has his own image for this method-spiral repetition: every new exploration elevates the solutions to a higher level by expanding the thema's cognitive context.
    • 2013, Siegfried Wenzel, The Art of Preaching, page 151:
      With regard to its division—which is the second main section [of this treatise]—one must diligently examine the meaning of the words that appear in the thema.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteː.maː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: the‧ma
  • Rhymes: -eːmaː

Noun

thema n (plural thema's or themata, diminutive themaatje n)

  1. theme, topic, subject, issue
    Het thema van het boek is liefde en vriendschap.
    The theme of the book is love and friendship.
    Het debat gaat over een actueel thema in de politiek.
    The debate is about a current topic in politics.
    De spreker behandelde verschillende thema's tijdens zijn presentatie.
    The speaker addressed various subjects during his presentation.
  2. (music) theme
    Het muzikale thema werd herhaald in verschillende delen van het stuk.
    The musical theme was repeated in various parts of the piece.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: tema

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

thema (plural themas)

  1. subject (e.g., of conversation)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

Noun

thema n (genitive thematis); third declension

  1. theme, topic
  2. the alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative thema themata
Genitive thematis thematum
Dative thematī thematibus
Accusative thema themata
Ablative themate thematibus
Vocative thema themata

Descendants

References

  • “thema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • thema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • thema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

thema m (plural themas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of tema.
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