axioma

See also: axióma

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăksĭōʹmə, IPA^(key): /æksɪˈəʊmə/

Noun

axioma (plural axiomata)

1. (now rare) An axiom.

Derived terms

• axioma generale

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ək.siˈo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.siˈo.ma]

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomes)

1. axiom

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.siˈoː.maː/

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• Hyphenation: axi‧o‧ma
• Rhymes: -oːmaː

Noun

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

1. (logic, mathematics) axiom

Derived terms

• axiomatiek
• axiomatisch

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈoː.ma/, [äks̠iˈoːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈo.ma/, [äksiˈɔːmä]

Noun

axiōma n (genitive axiōmatis); third declension

1. axiom
2. principle

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	axiōma	axiōmata
genitive	axiōmatis	axiōmatum
dative	axiōmatī	axiōmatibus
accusative	axiōma	axiōmata
ablative	axiōmate	axiōmatibus
vocative	axiōma	axiōmata

Related terms

• axiomaticus

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/

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈksjo.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧xi‧o‧ma

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

1. axiom (self-evident and necessary truth)

   Synonym: máxima

Related terms

• axiomático, axiônimo

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)

Related terms

• axiomático

 

Further reading

• “axioma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28