norma

See also: Norma, normá, normā, normą, and Normą

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin norma. Doublet of norm.

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

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾma/ [ˈnoɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -oɾma
• Syllabification: nor‧ma

Noun

norma f (plural normes)

1. rule, regulation

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōrma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈnur.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈnor.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnoɾ.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈnor.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

norma f (plural normes)

1. rule, regulation

Related terms

• normal
• normatiu

Further reading

• “norma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin normabor.

Czech norma

Borrowed from Latin norma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnorma]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -orma

Noun

norma f

1. (sociology) norm

Declension

Declension of norma (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	norma	normy
genitive	normy	norem
dative	normě	normám
accusative	normu	normy
vocative	normo	normy
locative	normě	normách
instrumental	normou	normami

Related terms

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

See also

• standard

Further reading

• “norma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “norma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “norma”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin normabor.

Esperanto normo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto norma

From normo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnorma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -orma
• Syllabification: nor‧ma

Adjective

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

1. standard

   la norma angla (lingvo) ― Standard English

2. normal

Further reading

• “norma”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “norma”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: normas, normât

Verb

norma

1. third-person singular past historic of normer

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin norma.

Pronunciation

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

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

Further reading

• norma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nōrma, perhaps via Etruscan from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnorma/ [ˈnor.ma]
• Rhymes: -orma
• Syllabification: nor‧ma
• Homophone: Norma

Noun

norma (plural norma-norma)

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

   Synonyms: ajaran, etika, kaidah

   Masker menjadi norma baru. ― Mask become a new norm.

Derived terms

• bernorma (“to have a norm”)
• menormakan
• penormaan

Compounds

• norma agama
• norma deskriptif
• norma hukum
• norma injungtif
• norma kebiasaan
• norma kesopanan
• norma matriks
• norma sosial
• norma susila

Further reading

• “norma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian норма (norma).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnormɑ/, [ˈno̞rm]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnormɑ/, [ˈno̞rmɑ]
• Rhymes: -orm, -ormɑ
• Hyphenation: nor‧ma

Noun

norma

1. norm, standard
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Tämä kirja i proovaja laatia mokomia kirjakeelen normia, kirjakeelen praaviloita, kumpia voitais pittiissä kirjutoksees ja șkoulutöös.

     And this book tries to compose such norms of the literary language, rules of the literary language, which could be followed in writing and in schoolwork.

Declension

Declension of norma (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	norma	normat
genitive	norman	normiin
partitive	normaa	normia
illative	normaa	normii
inessive	normaas	normiis
elative	normast	normist
allative	normalle	normille
adessive	normaal	normiil
ablative	normalt	normilt
translative	normaks	normiks
essive	normanna, normaan	norminna, normiin
exessive1)	normant	normint
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.

Interlingua

Noun

norma (plural normas)

1. norm, standard

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin norma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔrma
• Hyphenation: nòr‧ma

Noun

norma f (plural norme)

1. rule, norm, regulation

   Synonyms: regola, regolamento, precetto

2. model, form, pattern

   Synonyms: istruzione, avvertenza

3. instruction, direction

   Synonym: consuetudine

4. rule, custom

Derived terms

• di norma
• alla norma
• normare

Related terms

• normale

Etymology 2

Verb

norma

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

Further reading

• “norma”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• marno, marnò, nomar

Japanese

Romanization

norma

1. Rōmaji transcription of ノルマ

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin norma.

Noun

norma f (plural normes)

1. norm

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔr.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [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.

	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

• Asturian: norma
• Catalan: norma
• French: norme
  • → English: norm
  • → Romanian: normă
  • → Turkish: norm
• Italian: norma
• Ladin: norma
• Portuguese: norma
• → Russian: но́рма (nórma)
  • → Bashkir: норма (nurma)
  • → Ingrian: norma
  • → Japanese: ノルマ
  • → Kazakh: норма (norma)
  • → Korean: 노르마 (noreuma)
  • → Yakut: нуорма (nuorma)
• Spanish: 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

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)

	singular	plural
nominative	norma	normas
genitive	normas	normu
dative	normai	normām
accusative	normu	normas
instrumental	normu	normām
locative	normā	normās
vocative	norma	normas

Synonyms

• likums
• noteikums

Related terms

• normāls, normālums, nenormāls
• normalitāte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

norma f

1. definite singular of norm

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin normalbor.

Polish norma

Learned borrowing from Latin norma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrma
• Syllabification: nor‧ma
• Homophone: Norma

Noun

norma f

1. norm, rule, standard, precept (rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community)

   Synonym: reguła

   norma ortograficzna ― spelling rule

2. norm (officially established quantity or quality of something)

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

Derived terms

adverbs

• w normie

Related terms

adjectives

• anormalny
• anormatywny
• nienormalny
• normalny
• normatywny

adverbs

• anormalnie
• nienormalnie
• normalnie

nouns

• anormalność
• anormatywność
• nienormalność
• normalizacja
• normalność
• normik

verbs

• normalizować impf
• normalnieć impf
• normować impf
• unormować pf
• znormalizować pf
• znormalnieć pf

Further reading

• “norma”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “norma”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈnɔɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈnɔɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɻ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾ.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: nor‧ma

Noun

norma f (plural normas)

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

Related terms

• normal
• normalizar

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From normă.

Verb

a norma (third-person singular present normează, past participle normat) 1st conjugation

1. to set a norm

Conjugation

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

infinitive			a norma
gerund			normând
past participle			normat
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	normez	normezi	normează	normăm	normați	normează
	imperfect	normam	normai	norma	normam	normați	normau
	simple perfect	normai	normași	normă	normarăm	normarăți	normară
	pluperfect	normasem	normaseși	normase	normaserăm	normaserăți	normaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să normez	să normezi	să normeze	să normăm	să normați	să normeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		normează			normați
	negative		nu norma			nu normați

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoɾma/ [ˈnoɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -oɾma
• Syllabification: 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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

norma

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

Further reading

• “norma”, 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