diafragma

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See also: diafragmă

Dutch[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch diafragma, from Latin diaphragma, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (diáphragma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dijaːˈfrɑxmaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

Noun[edit]

diafragma n (plural diafragma's, diminutive diafragmaatje n)

  1. aperture (something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system)
  2. diaphragm: the muscle between thorax and abdomen needed for breething.
    Synonym: middenrif

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian диафрагма (diafragma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

diafragma

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:
      Kuin inmihisen ruumees, niin i elokkaan ruumees keskipaikaas ono mokoma poolosti, kumman erilaajain väliliha — kutsutaa hänt diafragmaks — jakkaa kahtee ossaa: rintapoolostii ja vatsapoolostii.
      Just like in a human body, in the animal body, in the middle there is a certain type of cavity, which a different kind of barrier - it's called a diaphragm - divides into two parts: the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity.

Declension[edit]

Declension of diafragma (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative diafragma diafragmat
genitive diafragman diafragmoin
partitive diafragmaa diafragmoja
illative diafragmaa diafragmoi
inessive diafragmaas diafragmois
elative diafragmast diafragmoist
allative diafragmalle diafragmoille
adessive diafragmaal diafragmoil
ablative diafragmalt diafragmoilt
translative diafragmaks diafragmoiks
essive diafragmanna, diafragmaan diafragmoinna, diafragmoin
exessive1) diafragmant diafragmoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.ma/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾaɡ.ma], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.ma/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.ma/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾa.ɡi.ma], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.ma/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.ɐˈfɾa.ɡmɐ/ [di.ɐˈfɾa.ɣmɐ], (faster pronunciation) /djɐˈfɾa.ɡmɐ/ [djɐˈfɾa.ɣmɐ]

Noun[edit]

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
  2. diaphragm (contraceptive device)
  3. (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French diaphragmer.

Verb[edit]

a diafragma (third-person singular present diafragmează, past participle diafragmat) 1st conj.

  1. to diaphragm

Conjugation[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /djaˈfɾaɡma/ [d̪jaˈfɾaɣ̞.ma]
  • Rhymes: -aɡma
  • Syllabification: dia‧frag‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

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From Latin diaphragma (partition, diaphragm), from Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, partition-wall, barrier; later midriff, diaphragm), from διά (diá, through) + φράγμα (phrágma, fence, screen), from φράσσω (phrássō, to fence in, hedge around).

Noun[edit]

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen)
  2. diaphragm (contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup)
  3. (photography) diaphragm (thin, opaque structure with a central aperture)
  4. (acoustics) diaphragm (vibrating membrane in a speaker)
  5. (botany) diaphragm (membrane that separates one cavity from another)
  6. (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane separating two chambers)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

diafragma

  1. inflection of diafragmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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