cisma

Catalan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cisma m (plural cismes)

1. (Christianity) schism
2. schism, split

Related terms

• cismàtic

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθisma̝/, (western) /ˈsisma̝/, /ˈʃiɾma̝/

Noun

cisma m (plural cismas)

1. (chiefly religion) schism (a split or separation within a group or organisation)
2. obsession

   Synonyms: lideira, manía

3. obstinacy; stubbornness (insistence in doing something, especially something that is likely not to work out)

   Synonyms: teima, porfía

Derived terms

• cismar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cisma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cisma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cisma

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiz.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʒ.mɐ/

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”).

Noun

cisma m (plural cismas)

1. (chiefly religion) schism (a split or separation within a group or organisation)

Alternative forms

• schisma (obsolete)

Noun

cisma f (plural cismas)

1. vice; obsession (a bad habit)

   Synonym: mania

2. spite (deep-seated enmity or ill-will towards someone)

   Synonym: rancor

3. obstinacy; stubbornness (insistence in doing something, especially something that is likely not to work out)

   Synonym: teimosia

Derived terms

• cismar

Etymology 2

Verb

cisma

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

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθisma/ [ˈθiz.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsisma/ [ˈsiz.ma]
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: cis‧ma

Noun

cisma m (plural cismas)

1. schism

Further reading

• “cisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10