axioma

See also: axióma

English

Etymology

From the Latin axiōma, from the Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma): see axiom.

Pronunciation

Noun

axioma (plural axiomata)

  1. (now rare) An axiom.

Derived terms

  • axioma generale

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomes)

  1. axiom

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑk.siˈoː.maː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: axi‧o‧ma
  • Rhymes: -oːmaː

Noun

axioma n (plural axioma's, diminutive axiomaatje n)

  1. (logic, mathematics) axiom

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).

Pronunciation

Noun

axiōma n (genitive axiōmatis); third declension

  1. axiom
  2. principle

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative axiōma axiōmata
Genitive axiōmatis axiōmatum
Dative axiōmatī axiōmatibus
Accusative axiōma axiōmata
Ablative axiōmate axiōmatibus
Vocative axiōma axiōmata

References

  • axioma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • axioma 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)
  • axioma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ak.siˈõ.mɐ/ [ak.sɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /akˈsjõ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ak.siˈo.ma/ [ak.sɪˈo.ma], (faster pronunciation) /akˈsjo.ma/

  • Hyphenation: a‧xi‧o‧ma

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

  1. axiom (self-evident and necessary truth)
    Synonym: máxima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma, what is thought fitting).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡˈsjoma/ [aɣ̞ˈsjo.ma]
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Syllabification: a‧xio‧ma

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

  1. (philosophy) axiom (a truth based on an assumption)
  2. (mathematics) axiom (a fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for theorems)

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