empiema

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əm.piˈe̞.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əm.piˈɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [em.piˈe.ma]
• Hyphenation: em‧pi‧e‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemes)

1. (pathology) empyema

Further reading

• “empiema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpjɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: em‧piè‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemi)

1. (pathology) empyema

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.piˈẽ.mɐ/, (careful, faster) /ẽˈpjẽ.mɐ/, /ĩ.piˈẽ.mɐ/, (faster) /ĩˈpjẽ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpje.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: em‧pi‧e‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemas)

1. (medicine) empyema (accumulation of pus)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin empyema, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma), from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpjema/ [ẽmˈpje.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: em‧pie‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemas)

1. (pathology) empyema

Further reading

• “empiema”, 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