prisma

Borrowed from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

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

prisma m (plural prismes)

1. (geometry) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
2. prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)

• prismàtic

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “prisma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “prisma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prisma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “prisma”, 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

From Latin prisma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɪs.maː/

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• Hyphenation: pris‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɪsmaː

prisma n (plural prismata or prisma's, diminutive prismaatje n)

1. prism

• → Indonesian: prisma
  • → Malay: prisma

• “prisma” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prisma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprismɑ/, [ˈpris̠mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ismɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pris‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): pris‧ma

prisma

1. (optics) prism
2. (geometry) synonym of särmiö (“prism”)

• “prisma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• rimpsa

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisma/ [ˈpɾiz̺.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Hyphenation: pris‧ma

prisma m (plural prismas)

1. prism

• “prisma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from Dutch prisma (“prism”), from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈprisma/ [ˈpris.ma]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: pris‧ma

prisma (plural prisma-prisma)

1. prism
   1. (geometry) a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
   2. (crystallography) a crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.
   3. (optics) a transparent block in the shape of a prism, typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.

• → Malay: prisma

• “prisma”, 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

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma), from πρίω (príō, “to saw”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpriz.ma/
• Rhymes: -izma
• Hyphenation: prì‧sma

prisma m (plural prismi)

1. prism

• prismatico
• prismoide

• prisma in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• prisma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă).

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

prisma n (genitive prismatis); third declension

1. prism

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• Catalan: prisma
• French: prisme
• Galician: prisma
• Italian: prisma
• Portuguese: prisma
• Romagnol: prìșma
• Romanian: prismă
• Spanish: prisma

• “prisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prisma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Formerly used in the form prizam,^[1] borrowed from English prism, from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

• (Standard Literary, Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [pris.ma]

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• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: pris‧ma

prisma (Jawi spelling ڤريسما, uncountable)

1. prism

• "prisma" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• prismene

prisma n

1. definite plural of prisme

prisma n

1. definite plural of prisme

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prisma m (plural prismas)

1. prism

• persma

Uncertain, likely a Wanderwort. Related to Old High German pfrasamo, pfrasama.

prisma f

1. usury

• Middle Dutch: perseme, persem
  • Dutch: persem

• “prisma”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

prisma m (plural prismas)

1. (geometry) prism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
2. perspective (a point of view used in an analysis)

   Synonyms: óptica, perspectiva

• “prisma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “prisma” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “prisma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρῖσμα (prîsma, literally “thing sawed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisma/ [ˈpɾiz.ma]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: pris‧ma

prisma m (plural prismas)

1. (geometry) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
2. prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)
3. viewpoint, point of view, standpoint

• “prisma”, 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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

prisma n or c

1. (optics) prism

• “prisma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “prisma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “prisma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from Spanish prisma, from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρῖσμα (prîsma, literally “thing sawed”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisma/ [ˈpɾis.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: pris‧ma

prisma (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜋ)

1. prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)

• “prisma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018