fleuma

Inherited from Latin phlegma. Doublet of flegma, a learned borrowing. For the sense development, compare phlegmatic.

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

fleuma m or f (masculine and feminine plural fleumes)

1. weak, indecisive

   Synonym: flasc

   • 2004, Carme Riera, La meitat de l'ànima:

     La meva madrastra, que era tan fleuma com maligna per complir amb el seu paper estereotipat, tenia gelos.

     My stepmother, who was as weak as she was evil in order to fulfil her stereotyped role, was jealous.

fleuma m or f by sense (plural fleumes)

1. a weak, indecisive person

   Synonyms: bleda, fava

fleuma f (plural fleumes)

1. scalloped ribbonfish (Zu cristatus)

• “fleuma”, 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

• fleugma, flegma, fleima, freuma
• phleuma phlegma, phleugma (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame”). Doublet of freima.

• Hyphenation: fleu‧ma

fleuma f (plural fleumas)

1. phlegm (historical: humour)
2. (uncountable) tranquillity; calmness

   Synonyms: tranquilidade, paciência, pachorra, impassibilidade, calma

   Antonym: impaciência

• (phlegm): humor

• (phlegm): sangue, bílis amarela, bílis negra