noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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From Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría), from ἀσύμμετρος (asúmmetros) + -ία (-ía), from ἀ- (a-) + σύμμετρος (súmmetros); equivalent to a- + symmetry.
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35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَدَم تَنَاسُق
(ʕadam tanāsuq)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Asturian:
asimetría
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Belarusian:
асіме́трыя
(asimjétryja)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Catalan:
asimetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Chinese Mandarin:
不對稱 /不对称
(bùduìchèn)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Czech:
asymetrie
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Dutch:
asymmetrie
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Finnish:
epäsymmetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Finnish:
asymmetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
French:
asymétrie
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Galician:
asimetría
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Galician:
disimetría
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Georgian:
ასიმეტრია
(asimeṭria)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
German:
Asymmetrie
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Greek:
ασυμμετρία
(asymmetría)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Irish:
neamhshiméadracht
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Irish:
aisiméadracht
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Italian:
asimmetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Italian:
dissimmetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Japanese:
非対称性
(hitaishōsei)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Japanese:
非対称
(hitaishō)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Japanese:
アシンメトリー
(ashinmetorī)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Korean:
비대칭
(bidaeching)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Norwegian Bokmål:
asymmetri
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Polish:
asymetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Portuguese:
assimetria
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Romanian:
asimetrie
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Russian:
асимметри́я
(asimmetríja)
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Serbo-Croatian:
асимѐтрија
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Serbo-Croatian:
asimètrija
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Slovene:
àsimetríja
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Spanish:
asimetría
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Swedish:
asymmetri
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Tagalog:
awamparianyo
— lack of symmetry or proportion
Turkish:
asimetri
— lack of symmetry or proportion