norma

See also: Norma, normá, and normā

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin norma

Noun

norma (plural normas)

1. A norm.
2. A template.
3. A square for measuring right angles.

Anagrams

• Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Roman, manor, moran, morna, roman

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Asturian

Noun

norma f (plural normes)

1. rule, regulation

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nōrma.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾ.mə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾ.ma/

Noun

norma f (plural normes)

1. rule, regulation

Related terms

• normal
• normatiu

Further reading

• “norma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Etymology

Latin norma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnorma]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -orma

Noun

norma f

1. (sociology) norm

Related terms

• abnormalita
• abnormální
• enormní
• normalita
• normalizace
• normalizovat
• normální
• normativita
• normativní
• normostrana
• normotvorný
• normovat

 

See also

• standard

Further reading

• norma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• norma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Esperanto

Etymology

From normo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnorma/
• Hyphenation: norm‧a
• Rhymes: -orma

Adjective

norma (accusative singular norman, plural normaj, accusative plural normajn)

1. standard

   la norma angla (lingvo) ― Standard English

2. normal

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: normas, normât

Verb

norma

1. third-person singular past historic of normer

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin norma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnormɒ]
• Hyphenation: nor‧ma

Noun

norma (plural normák)

1. norm, standard

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	norma	normák
accusative	normát	normákat
dative	normának	normáknak
instrumental	normával	normákkal
causal-final	normáért	normákért
translative	normává	normákká
terminative	normáig	normákig
essive-formal	normaként	normákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	normában	normákban
superessive	normán	normákon
adessive	normánál	normáknál
illative	normába	normákba
sublative	normára	normákra
allative	normához	normákhoz
elative	normából	normákból
delative	normáról	normákról
ablative	normától	normáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	normáé	normáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	normáéi	normákéi

Possessive forms of norma
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	normám	normáim
2nd person sing.	normád	normáid
3rd person sing.	normája	normái
1st person plural	normánk	normáink
2nd person plural	normátok	normáitok
3rd person plural	normájuk	normáik

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Interlingua

Noun

norma (plural normas)

1. norm, standard

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nòr‧ma

Noun

norma f (plural norme)

1. rule, norm, regulation
2. model, form, pattern
3. instruction, direction
4. rule, custom

Synonyms

• (rule, norm, regulation): regola, regolamento, precetto
• (model, form, pattern): istruzione, avvertenza
• (instruction, direction): consuetudine

Derived terms

• di norma
• alla norma
• normale

Verb

norma

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

Anagrams

• marno, marnò

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Ladin

Noun

norma f (plural normes)

1. norm

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Latin

Etymology

Perhaps via Etruscan from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence nōscō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnor.ma/, [ˈn̪ɔr.ma]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnor.ma/, [ˈnɔr.ma]

Noun

norma f (genitive normae); first declension

1. a carpenter’s square
2. a norm, standard (rule, precept)

Usage notes

• The nature of the root vowel (nŏrma or nōrma) is not properly known. Most dictionaries that specify vowel length in closed syllables, especially those published in the 21st century, do not mark it as long.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	norma	normae
Genitive	normae	normārum
Dative	normae	normīs
Accusative	normam	normās
Ablative	normā	normīs
Vocative	norma	normae

Derived terms

• anormalus
• ēnormis
• normālis
• normāliter
• normātiō
• normātūra
• normātus
• normō
• normula

 

Descendants

• French: norme
  • → English: norm
• Italian: norma
• Portuguese: norma
• → Russian: но́рма (nórma)
  • → Bashkir: норма (norma)

References

• norma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• norma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• norma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• norma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• norma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• norma in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

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Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin norma (“a carpenter's square; rule, standard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [noɾma]

Noun

norma f (4th declension)

1. norm (rule, principle, which regulates people's relations in a society)

   tiesību, juridiskā, tiesiskā norma ― legal norm

   pieklājības, morāles norma ― courtesy, moral norm

   sadzīves, uzvedības norma ― social, behavior norm

   literārās valodas normas ― the norms of the literary language

2. norm (size, composition, structure, etc. considered to be the best, the target, the most advisable)

   nokrišņu mēneša norma ― monthly rainfall norm

   ražīguma norma ― productivity norm

   pārsniegt normu ― to go beyond the norm

Declension

Declension of norma (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	norma	normas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	normu	normas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	normas	normu
dative (datīvs)	normai	normām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	normu	normām
locative (lokatīvs)	normā	normās
vocative (vokatīvs)	norma	normas

Synonyms

• likums
• noteikums

Related terms

• normāls, normālums, nenormāls
• normalitāte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

norma f

1. definite singular of norm

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.ma/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

norma f

1. norm

Declension

declension of norma

	singular	plural
nominative	norma	normy
genitive	normy	norm
dative	normie	normom
accusative	normę	normy
instrumental	normą	normami
locative	normie	normach
vocative	normo	normy

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: nor‧ma

Noun

norma f (plural normas)

1. norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)

Related terms

• normal
• normalizar

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôːrma/
• Hyphenation: no‧rma

Noun

nȏrma f (Cyrillic spelling но̑рма)

1. rule
2. norm

Declension

Declension of norma

	singular	plural
nominative	nȏrma	norme
genitive	norme	nȏrmā / nȏrmī
dative	normi	normama
accusative	normu	norme
vocative	normo	norme
locative	normi	normama
instrumental	normom	normama

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnorma/
• Hyphenation: nor‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin nōrma.

Noun

norma f (plural normas)

1. rule, norm, standard, touchstone

Derived terms

• normar

Related terms

• normal
• normativa
• normativo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

norma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of normar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of normar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of normar.

Further reading

• “norma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.