פּריזמע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian пры́зма (prýzma), Russian при́зма (prízma), Ukrainian при́зма (prýzma), from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “something sawed”), from πρίζειν (prízein, “to saw”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈprɪzmə/

Noun

פּריזמע • (prizme) f, plural פּריזמעס (prizmes)

  1. (geometry) prism
  2. (optics) prism

References
  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּריזמע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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