cisma

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

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

cisma m (plural cismes)

1. (Christianity) schism
2. schism, split

• cismàtic

• “cisma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

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

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

• cismar

• 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

cisma

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

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

cisma m (plural cismas)

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

• schisma (obsolete)

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

• cismar

cisma

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

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

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

cisma m (plural cismas)

1. schism

• “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], 10 December 2024