schema

See also:Schema,schéma,andschemă

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromLatinschēma,fromAncient Greekσχῆμα(skhêma,“form, shape”).Doubletofscheme.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)enPR:skēʹmə,IPA^(key):/ˈskiːmə/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation:sche‧ma
• Rhymes:-iːmə

Noun

schema(pluralschemataorschemas)

1. An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, abody schema).
2. (databases)A formal description of the structure of adatabase:the names of thetables,the names of thecolumnsof each table, and thedata typeand other attributes of each column.
3. (markup languages)A formal description of data,data types,and data file structures, such asXML schemasforXMLfiles.
4. (logic)Aformulain themetalanguageof anaxiomatic system,in which one or moreschematic variablesappear, which stand for anytermorsubformulaof the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
5. (Christianity)Amonastichabitin theGreek OrthodoxChurch.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• baby schema
• chameleon schema
• conceptual schema
• image schema
• logical schema
• physical schema
• snowflake schema
• star schema

Related terms

• schematic(al)(ly)
• schematism
• schematist
• schematization
• schematize
• schematologetically
• schematomancy
• scheme

Translations

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception

• Bulgarian:схе́ма(bg)f(shéma)
• Catalan:esquema(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đồ thức／Đồ thức(zh)(túshì)

• Czech:schéma(cs)n
• Finnish:kuva(fi),kaavio(fi),skeema(fi)
• French:schéma(fr)m
• Hindi:मनोबंध(manobandh)
• Russian:схе́ма(ru)f(sxéma)
• Turkish:şema(tr)

Formal description of the structure of a database

• Finnish:skeema(fi)
• German:Schema(de)n
• Hindi:विवरणिका(hi)(vivarṇikā)
• Japanese:スキーマ(sukīma)
• Korean:스키마(seukima)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:databaseskjeman,skjeman

• Russian:схе́ма(ru)f(sxéma)
• Turkish:şema(tr)

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Translations to be checked

• German:^{(pleaseverify)}Schema(de)m(1)
• Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}schema(it)m(1)

References

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

Anagrams

• McShea,mechas,sachem,samech,schame

Dutch

Etymology

BorrowedfromAncient Greekσχῆμα(skhêma,“form, shape”).The scientific sense is asemantic loanfromFrenchschéma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈsxeː.maː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:sche‧ma
• Rhymes:-eːmaː

Noun

scheman(pluralschema'sorschemata,diminutiveschemaatjen)

1. (general sense)visualisation,diagram
2. (sciences)conceptualmodel

Derived terms

• kleurenschema
• schematisch
• schematiseren
• schematisme

Descendants

• →Indonesian:skema

Italian

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinschema,fromAncient Greekσχῆμα(skhêma,“form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈskɛ.ma/
• Rhymes:-ɛma
• Hyphenation:schè‧ma

Noun

schemam(pluralschemi)

1. outline,schema,layout,diagram,plan,draft,project,arrangement

   Synonyms:diagramma,tracciato,piano,abbozzo,progetto,disposizione

2. pattern,mould/mold,norm

   Synonyms:modello,struttura,norma

Related terms

• schematico
• schematismo
• schematizzare

Latin

Etymology

FromAncient Greekσχῆμα(skhêma,“form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈskʰeː.ma/,[ˈs̠kʰeːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈske.ma/,[ˈskɛːmä]

Noun

schēmaf(genitiveschēmae);first declension
schēman(genitiveschēmatis);third declension

1. shape,figure,form,manner,posture

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2. (rhetoric)figure of speech
3. (geometry)outline,figure

Declension

First-declensionnoun. Case Singular Plural Nominative schēma schēmae Genitive schēmae schēmārum Dative schēmae schēmīs Accusative schēmam schēmās Ablative schēmā schēmīs Vocative schēma schēmae

Third-declensionnoun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). Case Singular Plural Nominative schēma schēmata Genitive schēmatis schēmatum Dative schēmatī schēmatibus Accusative schēma schēmata Ablative schēmate schēmatibus Vocative schēma schēmata

Related terms

• schēma logū
• schēmatismos
• schēmatometria

Descendants

Descendants ofschema

• →Catalan:esquema
• →French:schémam
  • →Romanian:schemăf
  • →Turkish:şema
• →Italian:schemam
• →Portuguese:esquema
• →Spanish:esquema
• →Dutch:schema
  • →Indonesian:skema
• →English:schema
• →English:scheme
  • →Irish:scéim
  • →Malay:skim
• →German:Schema
  • →Swedish:schema
• →Old Irish:scíam
  • Irish:scéimh
  • Scottish Gaelic:sgiamh

References

• “schēma”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SCHEMA, Schemmain Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 schĕmainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette:“1,401/2”
• 2 schēmainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette:“1,401/2”
• “schēma (scēma)”on page 1,702/1 of theOxford Latin Dictionary(1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “schema”, inMediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus,Leiden,Boston:E. J. Brill,page945/1

Swedish

Etymology

BorrowedfromGermanSchema,same as Englishscheme,used in Swedish since 1673.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɧeːma/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

scheman

1. aschedule(time-based plan of events)
2. ascheme(systematic arrangement)
3. adiagram

Usage notes

• SAOL only lists neuter gender. The Greek pluralschematahas also been used.

Declension

Declension ofschema

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schema	schemas
	definite	schemat	schemats
plural	indefinite	scheman	schemans
	definite	schemana	schemanas

Declension ofschema

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schema	schemas
	definite	scheman	schemans
plural	indefinite	schemor	schemors
	definite	schemorna	schemornas

Related terms

• kopplingsschema
• skolschema

References

• schemainSvensk ordbok(SO)
• schemainSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• schemainSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)