diafragma

See also: diafragmă

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin diaphragma, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (dĭắphrăgmă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.əˈfɾaɡ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.aˈfɾaɡ.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

diafragma m (plural diafragmes)

1. diaphragm

Derived terms

• diafragmar
• diafragmàtic

Further reading

• “diafragma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Dutch

Alternative forms

• diaphragma (dated, superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dijaːˈfrɑxmaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

Noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian диафрагма (diafragma).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑˌfrɑɡmɑ/, [ˈdiɑˑˌfrɑɡm]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑˌfrɑɡmɑ/, [ˈtiɑˑˌfrɑɡ̊mɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡm, -ɑɡmɑ
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

Noun

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

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.

Synonyms

• verikammari

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (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/

• (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

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diaphragmer.

Verb

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

1. to diaphragm

Conjugation

    conjugation of diafragma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a diafragma
gerund			diafragmând
past participle			diafragmat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	diafragmez	diafragmezi	diafragmează	diafragmăm	diafragmați	diafragmează
	imperfect	diafragmam	diafragmai	diafragma	diafragmam	diafragmați	diafragmau
	simple perfect	diafragmai	diafragmași	diafragmă	diafragmarăm	diafragmarăți	diafragmară
	pluperfect	diafragmasem	diafragmaseși	diafragmase	diafragmaserăm	diafragmaserăți	diafragmaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să diafragmez	să diafragmezi	să diafragmeze	să diafragmăm	să diafragmați	să diafragmeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		diafragmează			diafragmați
	negative		nu diafragma			nu diafragmați

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

• diafragmar
• diafragmático

Etymology 2

Verb

diafragma

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

Further reading

• “diafragma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Noun

diafragma c

1. (anatomy) diaphragm

   Synonym: mellangärde

2. a diaphragm (various partition walls)

Declension

Declension of diafragma

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	diafragma	diafragmas
	definite	diafragman	diafragmans
plural	indefinite	diafragmer	diafragmers
	definite	diafragmerna	diafragmernas

Declension of diafragma

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	diafragma	diafragmas
	definite	diafragman	diafragmans
plural	indefinite	diafragmor	diafragmors
	definite	diafragmorna	diafragmornas

References

• diafragma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diafragma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diafragma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH