termo

See also: têrmo, termo-, and Termo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtermo/
  • Rhymes: -ermo
  • Hyphenation: ter‧mo

Noun

termo (accusative singular termon, plural termoj, accusative plural termojn)

  1. (mathematics) term

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese termio, from Latin terminus (boundary; end), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (through). Doublet of the borrowing término.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛɾmo/ [ˈt̪ɛɾ.mʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɾmo
  • Hyphenation: ter‧mo

Noun

termo m (plural termos)

  1. (frequently in the plural) surroundings (area surrounding something)
  2. end (final point of something in space or time)
  3. term (duration of a set length)
  4. term (limitation, restriction or regulation)
  5. term; word (especially one from a specialised area)
  6. (mathematics) term (value in an expression)
  7. (logic) each element of a statement

References

Etymology 2

Verb

termo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of termar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English thermal (spa), French therme, German Therme, Italian terme, Spanish terma, all ultimately from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, heat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈter.mo/, /ˈtɛɾ.mɔ/

Noun

termo (plural termi)

  1. thermal spa, hot spring

Derived terms

  • termala (thermal)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese termĩo, from Latin terminus (boundary; end), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (through). Doublet of the borrowing término.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈteʁ.mu/ [ˈteɦ.mu]

  • Hyphenation: ter‧mo

Noun

termo m (plural termos)

  1. surroundings (area surrounding something)
  2. end (final point of something in space or time)
  3. term (duration of a set length)
  4. condition; state
  5. term (limitation, restriction or regulation)
  6. term; word (especially one from a specialised area)
    • 2014, Luísa F. Habigzang, Eva Diniz, Silvia H. Koller, Trabalhando com Adolescentes: Teoria e Intervenção Psicológica, AMGH Editora, →ISBN, page 125:
      Os otakus não só incorporam diversos termos japoneses a sua fala como também se inspiram e são influenciados por características orientais em outras atividades, como o cosplay.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  7. (grammar) a word with a function in a sentence
  8. (mathematics) term (value in an expression)
  9. (logic) each element of a statement

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • a termo
  • a termo que
  • em termos
  • em termos de
  • termo maior
  • termo médio
  • termo menor

Further reading

  • termo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From Thermos trademark.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɾmo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.mo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾmo
  • Syllabification: ter‧mo

Noun

termo m (plural termos)

  1. (container) thermos, vacuum flask
    Synonym: vaso Dewar

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