diadem

See also: Diadem

English

Etymology

From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dī'ədem, dī'ədəm, IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ə.dɛm/, /ˈdaɪ.ə.dəm/

Noun

diadem (plural diadems)

1. An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
2. A crown.
3. Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
4. (heraldry) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.

Derived terms

• diadem lemur
• diadem spider

Translations

ornamental headband

• Catalan: diadema (ca) f
• Finnish: diadeemi (fi)
• French: diadème (fr) m
• Georgian: დიადემა (diadema)
• German: Diadem (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: διάδημα n (diádēma)

• Icelandic: ennishlað n, höfuðdjásn n
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• Italian: diadema (it) m
• Middle Persian: dydym (dīdēm) (Manichaean)
• Persian: دیهیم (fa) (deyhim)
• Polish: diadem (pl) m
• Spanish: diadema (es) f
• Swedish: diadem (sv) n
• Tagalog: diyadema
• Yiddish: דיאַדעמע f (dyademe)

crown

• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
• French: couronne (fr) f, diadème (fr) m
• Italian: corona (it) f, diadema (it) m
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• Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭣𐭩𐭬𐭩 (dydymy)
• Persian: دیهیم (fa)
• Swedish: krona (sv) c

regal power

• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
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• French: couronne (fr) f

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Diadem (de) n
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} diadema (it) m
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• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} diadema f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} diadema (es) f

Verb

diadem (third-person singular simple present diadems, present participle diademing, simple past and past participle diademed)

1. To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

Anagrams

• Maddie, ad idem, mediad

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).

Noun

diadem n (singular definite diademet, plural indefinite diademer)

1. diadem, tiara

Declension

Declension of diadem

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diadem	diademet	diademer	diademerne
genitive	diadems	diademets	diademers	diademernes

References

• “diadem” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈdja.dɛm//

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Noun

diadem m inan

1. diadem

Declension

Declension of diadem

	singular	plural
nominative	diadem	diademy
genitive	diademu	diademów
dative	diademowi	diademom
accusative	diadem	diademy
instrumental	diademem	diademami
locative	diademie	diademach
vocative	diademie	diademy

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Swedish

Noun

diadem n

1. diadem, tiara

Declension

Declension of diadem
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	diadem	diademet	diadem	diademen
Genitive	diadems	diademets	diadems	diademens