flegma

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈflɛɡ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfleɡ.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmes)

1. phlegm

Esperanto

Etymology

From French flegmatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleɡma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɡma
• Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Adjective

flegma (accusative singular flegman, plural flegmaj, accusative plural flegmajn)

1. phlegmatic, calm

Related terms

• trankvila (“calm, tranquil”)

Indonesian

Noun

flegma (plural flegma-flegma)

1. phlegm

Polish

Alternative forms

• flagma (Central Greater Poland)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɡ.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡma
• Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f

1. (physiology) phlegm, mucus
2. phlegm, calmness, sluggishness

Declension

Declension of flegma

	singular
nominative	flegma
genitive	flegmy
dative	flegmie
accusative	flegmę
instrumental	flegmą
locative	flegmie
vocative	flegmo

Further reading

• “flegma”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “flegma”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmas)

1. alternative form of fleuma

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flěɡma/
• Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Noun

flègma f (Cyrillic spelling флѐгма)

1. phlegm, apathy
2. phlegmatic person

Declension

Declension of flegma

	singular	plural
nominative	flègma	flegme
genitive	flegme	flègmī
dative	flegmi	flegmama
accusative	flegmu	flegme
vocative	flegmo	flegme
locative	flegmi	flegmama
instrumental	flegmom	flegmama

Spanish

Etymology

See flema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleɡma/ [ˈfleɣ̞.ma]
• Rhymes: -eɡma
• Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmas)

1. obsolete form of flema

Further reading

• “flegma”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegma”).

Noun

flegma c

1. phlegm

Declension

Declension of flegma

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flegma	flegmas
	definite	flegman	flegmans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—