cataplasma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.təˈplaz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.taˈplaz.ma]

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Noun

cataplasma m (plural cataplasmes)

1. poultice

Hyponyms

• sinapisme

Further reading

• “cataplasma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈplaz.ma/
• Rhymes: -azma
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧plà‧sma

Noun

cataplasma m (plural cataplasmi)

1. poultice

Hyponyms

• sinapismo

Anagrams

• scampatala

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ka.taˈpɫas.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ka.taˈplaz.ma]

Noun

cataplasma n (genitive cataplasmatis); third declension

1. poultice, plaster

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	cataplasma	cataplasmata
genitive	cataplasmatis	cataplasmatum
dative	cataplasmatī	cataplasmatibus
accusative	cataplasma	cataplasmata
ablative	cataplasmate	cataplasmatibus
vocative	cataplasma	cataplasmata

Descendants

• Catalan: cataplasma
• French: cataplasme
• Italian: cataplasma
• Portuguese: cataplasma
• Sicilian: catapàsimu, cataprasmu
• Spanish: cataplasma
• → English: cataplasm
• → Ido: kataplasmo

Verb

cataplasmā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cataplasmō

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈplaz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈplaz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈplaʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈplaz.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɐˈplaʒ.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧plas‧ma

Noun

cataplasma m or f (plural cataplasmas)

1. poultice; cataplasm

   Synonyms: emplastro, emplasto

Further reading

• “cataplasma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cataplasma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈplasma/ [ka.t̪aˈplaz.ma]
• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧plas‧ma

Noun

cataplasma f (plural cataplasmas)

1. poultice, cataplasm

Further reading

• “cataplasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025