schema

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: skēʹmə, IPA^(key): /ˈskiːmə/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: sche‧ma
Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

schema (plural schemata or schemas)

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
(databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
(markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
(logic) A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
(Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Synonyms

(universally-applicable image or outline): schemat
(databases): schemat
(logic): axiom schema, schemat

Derived terms

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Translations

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception

Bulgarian: схе́ма (bg) f (shéma)
Catalan: esquema (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖式／图式 (zh) (túshì)
Czech: schéma (cs) n
Finnish: kuva (fi), kaavio (fi), skeema (fi)
French: schéma (fr) m
Hindi: मनोबंध (manobandh)
Russian: схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma)
Turkish: şema (tr)

Formal description of the structure of a database

Finnish: skeema (fi)
German: Schema (de) n
Hindi: विवरणिका (hi) (vivarṇikā)
Japanese: スキーマ (sukīma)
Korean: 스키마 (seukima)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: databaseskjema n, skjema n
Russian: схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma)
Turkish: şema (tr)

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} Schema (de) m (1)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} schema (it) m (1)

References

“schema” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

McShea, mechas, sachem, samech, schame

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). The scientific sense is a semantic loan from French schéma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsxeː.maː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: sche‧ma
Rhymes: -eːmaː

Noun

schema n (plural schema's or schemata, diminutive schemaatje n)

(general sense) visualisation, diagram
(sciences) conceptual model

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Indonesian: skema

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin schema, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɛ.ma/
Rhymes: -ɛma
Hyphenation: schè‧ma

Noun

schema m (plural schemi)

outline, schema, layout, diagram, plan, draft, project, arrangement
Synonyms: diagramma, tracciato, piano, abbozzo, progetto, disposizione
pattern, mould/mold, norm
Synonyms: modello, struttura, norma

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰeː.ma/, [ˈs̠kʰeːmä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈske.ma/, [ˈskɛːmä]

Noun

schēma f (genitive schēmae); first declension
schēma n (genitive schēmatis); third declension

shape, figure, form, manner, posture
(Can we find and add a quotation of Charisius to this entry?)
(rhetoric) figure of speech
(geometry) outline, figure

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	schēma	schēmae
genitive	schēmae	schēmārum
dative	schēmae	schēmīs
accusative	schēmam	schēmās
ablative	schēmā	schēmīs
vocative	schēma	schēmae

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

	singular	plural
nominative	schēma	schēmata
genitive	schēmatis	schēmatum
dative	schēmatī	schēmatibus
accusative	schēma	schēmata
ablative	schēmate	schēmatibus
vocative	schēma	schēmata

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Descendants

→ Catalan: esquema
→ French: schéma m
- → Romanian: schemă f
- → Turkish: şema
→ Italian: schema m
→ Portuguese: esquema
→ Spanish: esquema
→ Dutch: schema
- → Indonesian: skema
→ English: schema
→ English: scheme
- → Irish: scéim
- → Malay: skim
→ German: Schema
- → Swedish: schema
→ Old Irish: scíam
- Irish: scéimh
- Scottish Gaelic: sgiamh

References

“schēma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
SCHEMA, Schemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
1 schĕma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2”
2 schēma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2”
“schēma (scēma)” on page 1,702/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “schema”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 945/1

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schema, same as English scheme, used in Swedish since 1673.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɧeːma/
Audio: (file)

Noun

schema n

a schedule (time-based plan of events)
a scheme (systematic arrangement)
a diagram

Usage notes

SAOL only lists neuter gender. The Greek plural schemata has also been used.

Declension

Declension of schema

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schema	schemas
singular	definite	schemat	schemats
plural	indefinite	scheman	schemans
plural	definite	schemana	schemanas

Declension of schema

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schema	schemas
singular	definite	scheman	schemans
plural	indefinite	schemor	schemors
plural	definite	schemorna	schemornas

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References