"cyma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪmə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: cymas [plural], cymae [plural], cymæ [plural], cymata [plural]
enPR: sīʹmə [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -aɪmə Etymology: From New Latin cȳma (“young sprout or shoot of cabbage”) (whence the botanic usage of cyme), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant”), from κύω (kúō, “I conceive, I become pregnant”). For more information, click to expand this box. Most English coinages on this root are formed on its short stem, κῡμ- (kūm-). The fact that the Ancient Greek etymon only inflects as a third-declension neuter noun has led some writers to prescribe forms that preserve the root’s long stem, κῡματ- (kūmat-), for philological reasons (see, for example, the 1903 and 1908 citations of cymatoscope), but such forms are rare. Latinate phrases that include cyma, namely cyma inversa, cyma recta, and cyma reversa, show that, when employed as a Latin word, cȳma is treated as a first-declension feminine noun rather than as third-declension neuter consonant-stem noun. There are several Classical precedents, both from Latin and from Ancient Greek, for formations on the short stem (κῡμ- (kūm-)) of this root, although formations on the long stem (κῡματ- (kūmat-)) are more common in Ancient Greek; consequently, whereas formations on the long stem may be preferable, especially when combined with other Ancient Greek elements, formations on the short stem are by no means incorrect. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{bor|en|NL.|cȳma||young sprout or shoot of cabbage}} New Latin cȳma (“young sprout or shoot of cabbage”), {{doublet|en|cyme|notext=1}} cyme, {{der|en|grc|κῦμα||swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant}} Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant”), {{cog|en|-}} English, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{cog|la|-}} Latin, {{cog|la|-}} Latin, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|cymas|or|cymae|or|cymæ|or|cymata}} cyma (plural cymas or cymae or cymæ or cymata)
  1. (architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice): Kyma [neuter] (German), Sima [feminine] (German), Schmuckleiste [feminine] (German), griechische Schmuckleiste [feminine] (German), κυμάτιο (kymátio) [neuter] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-cyma-en-noun-ipxQD5-P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 56 18 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 19 4 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 67 33 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice': 88 12
  2. (botany) A cyme. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-cyma-en-noun-aSYWatNr Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sima, syma [16th century], cima, scima [18th century] Derived forms: cymagraph, cyma inversa, cyma recta, cyma rectum, cyma reversa, cymatic, cymograph, cymoid, cymatoid
Related terms: cymaise, cymatics, cymatile, cymatium, cymatograph, cymatolite, cyme, cymelet, cymiferous, cymobotryose, cymoid, cymophane, cymophanous, cymoscope, cymatoscope, cymose, cymosely, cymotrichous, cymatotrichous, cymotrichy, cymous, cymule, cymulose

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "wavelike",
          "wavelike#English"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form#English"
        ],
        [
          "outline",
          "outline#English"
        ],
        [
          "concave",
          "concave#English"
        ],
        [
          "convex",
          "convex#English"
        ],
        [
          "ogee",
          "ogee#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cyme."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "cyme",
          "cyme#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A cyme."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "sīʹmə",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaɪmə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪmə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sima"
    },
    {
      "word": "syma [16th century]"
    },
    {
      "word": "cima"
    },
    {
      "word": "scima [18th century]"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kyma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sima"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmuckleiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "griechische Schmuckleiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kymátio",
      "sense": "architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κυμάτιο"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cyma"
}

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