dilema

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

Noun

dilema m (plural dilemes)

1. dilemma

Further reading

• “dilema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dilema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dilema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dilema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪlɛma]
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma

Noun

dilema n

1. dilemma

Coordinate terms

• trilema

Derived terms

• falešné dilema n

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Portuguese

Noun

dilema m (plural s)

1. dilemma (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives)
2. (loosely) dilemma (difficult circumstance)
3. (logic) dilemma

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dilěːma/
• Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma

Noun

diléma f (Cyrillic spelling диле́ма)

1. dilemma

Declension

Declension of dilema

	singular	plural
nominative	dilema	dileme
genitive	dileme	dilema
dative	dilemi	dilemama
accusative	dilemu	dileme
vocative	dilemo	dileme
locative	dilemi	dilemama
instrumental	dilemom	dilemama

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈlema/ [d̪iˈle.ma]

Noun

dilema m (plural dilemas)

1. dilemma

Derived terms

• dilemático

Further reading

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