prisma

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾiz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɾiz.ma]

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)

• prismàtic

• “prisma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “prisma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prisma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “prisma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin prisma.

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

1. prism

• “prisma” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prisma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprismɑ/, [ˈpris̠mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ismɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pris‧ma

prisma

1. (optics) prism

• “prisma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• rimpsa

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisma/ [ˈpɾiz̺.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Hyphenation: pris‧ma

prisma m (plural prismas)

1. prism

• “prisma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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

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

prisma m (plural prismi)

1. prism

• prismatico
• prismoide

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

From Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpris.ma/, [ˈprɪs̠mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpris.ma/, [ˈprizmä]

prisma n (genitive prismatis); third declension

1. prism

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

• Catalan: prisma
• French: prisme
• Galician: prisma
• Italian: prisma
• Portuguese: prisma
• Romagnol: prìșma
• Romanian: prismă
• Spanish: prisma

• “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.

• prismene

prisma n

1. definite plural of prisme

prisma n

1. definite plural of prisme

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prisma m (plural prismas)

1. prism

Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisma/ [ˈpɾiz.ma]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: pris‧ma

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

• “prisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

prisma n or c

1. (optics) prism

• prisma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• prisma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• prisma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)