aphorism

English

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French aphorisme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. aphorismus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός (aphorismós, “pithy phrase containing a general truth”), from ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, “I define, mark off or determine”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + ὁρίζω (horízō, “I divide, bound”), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).

aphorism (plural aphorisms)

short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought

Bulgarian: афоризъм (bg) m (aforizǎm)
Catalan: aforisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 格言 (zh) (géyán)
Czech: aforismus (cs) m, aforizmus (cs) m
Danish: aforisme (da) c
Finnish: aforismi (fi), mietelause (fi)
French: aphorisme (fr) m
German: Aphorismus (de)
Greek: αφορισμός (el) m (aforismós)
Ancient: ἀφορισμός m (aphorismós)
Hebrew: פתגם (he)
Hungarian: aforizma (hu)
Icelandic: kjarnyrði n, spakmæli (is) n pl, orðskviður f pl
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Italian: aforisma (it)
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Japanese: 格言 (ja) (かくげん, kakugen)
Maori: whakataukī
Norwegian: aforisme (no) m
Polish: aforyzm (pl) m, maksyma (pl) f, sentencja (pl) f
Portuguese: aforismo (pt) m
Romanian: aforism (ro), aforisme n pl
Russian: афори́зм (ru) m (aforízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: афоризам m

Roman: aforizam (sh) m
Slovene: aforizem (sl) m
Spanish: aforismo (es) m
Swedish: aforism (sv) c
Turkish: aforizm (tr), özdeyiş (tr)
Ukrainian: афоризм (uk) m (aforyzm)
Yiddish: אַפֿאָריזם m (aforizm)