prism

English

Etymology

Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσματος (prísmatos), from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “something sawed”), from πρίζειν (prízein, “to saw”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪzəm/, [ˈpʰɹ̠̊ɪzm̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪzəm

Noun

prism (plural prisms)

1. (geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
2. A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.
3. A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.

Hyponyms

• cylinder

Derived terms

• antiprism
• Nicol prism
• prismatic
• prismatically

• prismatoid
• prismoid
• prismatoid
• triangular prism

Descendants

• → Japanese: プリズム (purizumu)
• → Korean: 프리즘 (peurijeum)
• → Thai: ปริซึม (bprí-sʉ̂m)

Translations

geometry: polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape

• Armenian: պրիզմա (hy) (prizma)
• Bulgarian: призма (bg) f (prizma)
• Catalan: prisma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 稜柱／棱柱 (zh) (léngzhù), 棱柱 (zh) (léngzhù)

• Czech: hranol (cs) m
• Danish: prisme n
• Dutch: prisma (nl) n
• Esperanto: prismo
• Finnish: särmiö (fi), prisma (fi)
• French: prisme (fr) m
• Galician: prisma (gl) m
• German: Prisma (de) n
• Greek: πρίσμα (el) n (prísma)

  Ancient: πρίσμα n (prísma)

• Hungarian: hasáb (hu)
• Ido: prismato (io)
• Italian: prisma (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 角柱 (ja) (かくちゅう, kakuchū), プリズム (purizumu)
• Korean: 프리즘 (peurijeum)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prisme n

  Nynorsk: prisme n

• Occitan: prisma m
• Persian: منشور (fa) (manšur), شوشه (fa) (šūše)
• Polish: graniastosłup (pl) m
• Portuguese: prisma (pt) m
• Romagnol: prìșma m
• Romanian: prismă (ro)
• Russian: при́зма (ru) f (prízma)
• Spanish: prisma (es) m
• Swedish: prisma (sv) n or c
• Tagalog: balimbing
• Thai: ปริซึม (bprí-sʉ̂m)
• Volapük: prismat (vo)

block used to split or reflect light

• Armenian: պրիզմա (hy) (prizma)
• Bulgarian: призма (bg) f (prizma)
• Catalan: prisma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 稜鏡／棱镜 (zh) (léngjìng), 稜镜 (zh) (léngjìng), 棱鏡／棱镜 (zh) (léngjìng), 棱镜 (zh) (léngjìng)

• Czech: hranol (cs) m
• Danish: prisme n or c
• Esperanto: prismo
• Finnish: prisma (fi)
• French: prisme (fr) m
• Galician: prisma (gl) m
• German: Prisma (de) n
• Greek: πρίσμα (el) n (prísma)
• Hungarian: prizma (hu)
• Icelandic: prisma n
• Ido: prismato (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: prisma (it) m
• Japanese: 三稜鏡 (さんりょうきょう, sanryōkyō), プリズム (purizumu)
• Kannada: ಅಶ್ರಕ (aśraka)
• Maori: poro
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prisme n

  Nynorsk: prisme n

• Occitan: prisma m
• Polish: pryzmat m
• Portuguese: prisma (pt) m
• Romanian: prismă (ro) f
• Russian: при́зма (ru) f (prízma)
• Spanish: prisma (es) m
• Swedish: prisma (sv) n or c
• Thai: ปริซึม (bprí-sʉ̂m)
• Volapük: prismat (vo)

Anagrams

• prims