dilema

Borrowed from Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [diˈlɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [diˈle.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diˈle.ma]

dilema m (plural dilemes)

1. dilemma

• “dilema”, 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
• “dilema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪlɛma]

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• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma

dilema n

1. dilemma

• trilema

• Rhymes: -emɐ

dilema m (plural dilemas)

1. dilemma (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives)
2. (loosely) dilemma (difficult circumstance)
3. (logic) dilemma

• IPA^(key): /dilěːma/
• Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma

diléma f (Cyrillic spelling диле́ма)

1. dilemma

From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

• IPA^(key): /diˈlema/ [d̪iˈle.ma]

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• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: di‧le‧ma

dilema m (plural dilemas)

1. dilemma, quandary

   Synonym: disyuntiva

• “dilema”, 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