empiema

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.piˈɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.piˈe.ma]
• Hyphenation: em‧pi‧e‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemes)

1. (pathology) empyema

Further reading

• “empiema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpjɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: em‧piè‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemi)

1. (pathology) empyema

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.piˈẽ.mɐ/ [ẽ.pɪˈẽ.mɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈpjẽ.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.piˈẽ.mɐ/ [ĩ.pɪˈẽ.mɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈpjẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.piˈẽ.mɐ/ [ẽ.pɪˈẽ.mɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈpjẽ.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.piˈẽ.mɐ/ [ĩ.pɪˈẽ.mɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈpjẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.piˈe.ma/ [ẽ.pɪˈe.ma], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈpje.ma/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.piˈe.ma/ [ĩ.pɪˈe.ma], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈpje.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpje.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: em‧pi‧e‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemas)

1. (medicine) empyema (accumulation of pus)

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin empyema, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma), from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpjema/ [ẽmˈpje.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: em‧pie‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemas)

1. (pathology) empyema

Further reading

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