dilema
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /diˈlə.mə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /diˈlɛ.mə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /diˈle.ma/
Noun
dilema m (plural dilemes)
- dilemma
Further reading
- “dilema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dilema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “dilema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dilema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɪlɛma]
- Rhymes: -ɛma
- Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma
Noun
dilema n
- dilemma
Declension
Declension of dilema
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dilema | dilemata |
| genitive | dilematu | dilemat |
| dative | dilematu | dilematům |
| accusative | dilema | dilemata |
| vocative | dilema | dilemata |
| locative | dilematu | dilematech |
| instrumental | dilematem | dilematy |
Coordinate terms
- trilema
Derived terms
- falešné dilema n
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈlẽ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈle.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈle.mɐ/
- Rhymes: -emɐ
Noun
dilema m (plural dilemas)
- dilemma (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives)
- (loosely) dilemma (difficult circumstance)
- (logic) dilemma
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dilěːma/
- Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma
Noun
diléma f (Cyrillic spelling диле́ма)
- dilemma
Declension
Declension of dilema
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dilema | dileme |
| genitive | dileme | dilema |
| dative | dilemi | dilemama |
| accusative | dilemu | dileme |
| vocative | dilemo | dileme |
| locative | dilemi | dilemama |
| instrumental | dilemom | dilemama |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈlema/ [d̪iˈle.ma]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: di‧le‧ma
Noun
dilema m (plural dilemas)
- dilemma, quandary
Derived terms
- dilemático
Further reading
- “dilema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014