German

Noun

Schema n ‎(genitive Schemas, plural Schemata or Schemas or Schemen)

1. schema

Derived terms

• Schema F

English

Noun

schema ‎(plural schemata or schemas)

1. 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).
2. (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.
3. (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
4. (logic) A formula in the language 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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• mechas
• sachem

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

1. (general sense) visualisation, diagram
2. (sciences) conceptual model

Italian

Etymology

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)

1. outline, schema, layout, diagram, plan, draft, project, arrangement
2. pattern, mould, norm

Synonyms

• (1) diagramma, tracciato, piano, abbozzo, progetto, disposizione
• (2) modello, struttura, norma

Related terms

• schematico
• schematismo
• schematizzare

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰeː.ma/

Noun

schēma f ‎(genitive schemae); first declension or schēma n ‎(genitive schēmatis); third declension

1. shape, figure, form, manner, posture
2. (rhetoric) figure of speech
3. (geometry) outline, figure

Declension

First declension.

or Third declension neuter.

Related terms

• schēmatismos
• schēmatometria

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 schĕma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,401/2.
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 schēma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,401/2.
• “schēma (scēma)” on page 1,702/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “schema” on page 945/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧeːma/

Noun

schema n

1. a schedule (time-based plan of events)
2. a scheme (systematic arrangement)
3. a diagram

Declension

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• kopplingsschema
• skolschema

References

• schema in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• schema in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.