systema

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian систе́ма (sistéma), with spelling likely influenced by system. Doublet of system.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪsˈteɪmə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪmə

Noun

systema (uncountable)

  1. A Russian martial art, first appearing in the 1990s, involving a wide variety of fighting styles, including hand-to-hand combat, grappling, knife-fighting and firearms (with the specific elements usually dictated by the individual school).

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sisˈte.ma/

Noun

systema (plural systemas)

  1. system

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German System. Doublet of system, a borrowing from Polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sisˈtɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Syllabification: sys‧te‧ma

Noun

systema f

  1. system
    Synonym: system

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “system”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “system”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, organised whole, body), from σύν (sún, with, together) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, I stand).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    systēma n (genitive systēmatis); third declension

    1. system
    2. harmony

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    nominative systēma systēmata
    genitive systēmatis systēmatum
    dative systēmatī systēmatibus
    accusative systēma systēmata
    ablative systēmate systēmatibus
    vocative systēma systēmata

    Descendants

    All borrowings.

    • Asturian: sistema
    • Catalan: sistema
    • Danish: system
    • English: system
    • French: système
    • Galician: sistema
    • German: System
    • Italian: sistema
    • Ladino: sistema
    • Lithuanian: sistema
    • Occitan: sistèma
    • Portuguese: sistema
    • Romanian: sistem
    • Spanish: sistema

    References

    • systema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "systema", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • systema”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    systema n

    1. definite plural of system

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    systema n

    1. definite plural of system

    Portuguese

    Noun

    systema m (plural systemas)

    1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of sistema
      • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 292:
        Elle não tinha levantadas theorias, não tinha planos concebidos, não tinha presumpçosos systemas.
        He hadn't splendid theories, he hadn't conceived plans, he hadn't presumptuous systems.