brainstorming

brainstorming

See also: Brainstorming, brain-storming, and brain storming

English

Etymology

brainstorm +‎ -ing

Noun

brainstorming (plural brainstormings)

1. A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

   Synonyms: blue-sky thinking, masterminding, thought shower

   Hyponym: brainwriting

Translations

method of problem solving

Afrikaans: dinkskrum Arabic: عَصَف ذِهْنِيّ‎ m (ʿaṣaf ḏihniyy), قَدَح ذِهْنِيّ‎ m (qadaḥ ḏihniyy) Armenian: մտագրոհ (mtagroh) Basque: ideia-jasa Belarusian: мазгавы́ шторм m (mazhavý štorm), мазгавы́ штурм m (mazhavý šturm), мазгавы́ на́пад m (mazhavý nápad) Breton: hej-menozioù m Bulgarian: мозъчна ата́ка f (mozǎčna atáka), брейнсторминг m (brejnstorming) Catalan: pluja d'idees (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 頭腦風暴／头脑风暴 (zh), 腦力激盪／脑力激荡 (zh) (nǎolì jīdàng) Czech: burza nápadů f, brainstorming m Danish: brainstorming (da) c, brainstorm c Dutch: brainstorm (nl) m or f Esperanto: ideŝpruĉado, komuna cerbumado Estonian: ajurünnak, ajuraju Finnish: aivoriihi (fi) French: remue-méninge (fr) m, brainstorming (fr) m German: Geistesblitz (de) m, Brainstorming n Greek: καταιγισμός ιδεών (el) m (kataigismós ideón), ιδεοκαταιγισμός (el) m (ideokataigismós) Hebrew: סִעוּר מֹחוֹת‎ f (si'úr mokhót) Hungarian: ötletgyűjtés (hu), ötletgyártás, ötletbörze (hu), ötletroham Indonesian: sumbang saran, curah pendapat Italian: brainstorming (it) m Japanese: ブレインストーミング (ja) (bureinsutōmingu), ブレーンストーミング (burēnsutōmingu), ブレスト (buresuto) Kannada: ಬುದ್ಧಿದಾಳಿ (kn) (buddhidāḷi), ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ (kn) (muktavāgi carcisuva vidhāna) Korean: 브레인스토밍 (beureinseutoming) Latvian: prāta vētras metode f Malagasy: zaikakelim-pamoahankevitra (mg) Malay: sumbang saran, pemerahan otak, percambahan minda, tampung saran, curah pendapat, ڤمرهن اوتق‎ (pemerahan utak), ڤرچمبهن ميندا‎ (percambahan minda), تمڤوڠ سارن‎ (tampung saran), چوره ڤنداڤت‎ (curah pendapat) Norwegian: idédugnad (no) m, brainstorming (no) m, idémyldring m or f Persian: طوفان فکری‎ (tufân fekri), بارش فکری‎ (bâreš fekri) Polish: burza mózgów (pl) f Portuguese: tempestade cerebral (pt) f, tempestade de ideias f, brainstorming (pt) m or f, brainstorm (pt) m Russian: мозгова́я ата́ка (ru) f (mozgovája atáka), мозгово́й штурм (ru) m (mozgovój šturm), брейнсто́рминг (ru) m (brɛjnstórming) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: про̀ток иде́ја m, олу́ја мозгова f, бу̏ра мозгова f, брејнсторминг m Roman: pròtok idéja m, olúja mozgova f, bȕra mozgova f, brainstorming (sh) m Slovene: možganska nevihta f, brainstorming m Spanish: tormenta de ideas f, lluvia de ideas f, brainstorming f Swedish: hjärnstorm c, idékläckning c, brainstorming c, spåna (sv) (verb) Tamil: கருத்துதிர்ப்பு (karuttutirppu) Turkish: beyin fırtınası (tr), fikir fırtınası Ukrainian: мозкови́й шторм m (mozkovýj štorm), зли́ва іде́й f (zlýva idéj), ґенерува́ння іде́й f (generuvánnja idéj) Vietnamese: động não, công não, tập kích (vi)

Verb

brainstorming

1. present participle of brainstorm

Further reading

• brainstorming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

brainstorming m (uncountable)

1. brainstorming

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brainstorming.

Noun

brainstorming n (plural brainstorminguri)

1. brainstorming

Declension

Declension of brainstorming

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) brainstorming	brainstormingul	(niște) brainstorminguri	brainstormingurile
genitive/dative	(unui) brainstorming	brainstormingului	(unor) brainstorminguri	brainstormingurilor
vocative	brainstormingule		brainstormingurilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English brainstorming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeinsˈtoɾmin/ [bɾẽĩnsˈt̪oɾ.mĩn], /bɾeinesˈtoɾmin/ [bɾei̯.nesˈt̪oɾ.mĩn]
• Rhymes: -oɾmin

Noun

brainstorming f (plural brainstormings)

1. brainstorming (method of problem solving)

   Synonyms: lluvia de ideas, tormenta de ideas

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.