prism

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪz(ə)m/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphɹ̠̊ɪzm̩]
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɪzəm/
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• rhymes with -ɪzəm
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IH1 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)bor. Late Latin prismalbor. English prism Learned borrowing from Late Latin prisma (“(geometry) prism”), from Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă, “anything sawn; sawdust; (Koine, geometry) prism”), from πρῐ́ζω (prĭ́zō) (a variant of πρῑ́ω (prī́ō, “to saw”), further etymology unknown) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the effect or result of an action, etc.).

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: prizëm — type of polyhedron
• Arabic: مَنْشُور (manšūr) — type of polyhedron
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ (nsīrā) — type of polyhedron
• Armenian: պրիզմա (prizma) — type of polyhedron
• Asturian: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Azerbaijani: prizma — type of polyhedron
• Bashkir: при́зма (prízma) — type of polyhedron
• Basque: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Belarusian: пры́зма (prýzma) — type of polyhedron
• Bengali: প্রিজম (prijom) — type of polyhedron
• Bulgarian: при́зма (prízma) — type of polyhedron
• Burmese: ပရစ်ဇမ် (pa.racjam) — type of polyhedron
• Catalan: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Chinese Mandarin: 稜柱 /棱柱 (léngzhù) — type of polyhedron
• Chuvash: при́зма (prízma) — type of polyhedron
• Czech: hranol — type of polyhedron
• Danish: prisme — type of polyhedron
• Dutch: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Esperanto: prismo — type of polyhedron
• Estonian: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Farefare: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Farefare: dɔkãwo — type of polyhedron
• Farefare: dɔpẽrga — type of polyhedron
• Finnish: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Finnish: särmiö — type of polyhedron
• French: prisme — type of polyhedron
• North Frisian: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Galician: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Georgian: პრიზმა (ṗrizma) — type of polyhedron
• German: Prisma — type of polyhedron
• Greek: πρίσμα (prísma) — type of polyhedron
• Ancient Greek: πρίσμα (prísma) — type of polyhedron
• Hebrew: מִנְסָרָה (minsará) — type of polyhedron
• Hindi: प्रिज़्म (prizm) — type of polyhedron
• Hungarian: hasáb — type of polyhedron
• Ido: prismato — type of polyhedron
• Indonesian: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Irish: priosma — type of polyhedron
• Italian: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Japanese: プリズム (purizumu) — type of polyhedron
• Japanese: 角柱 (kakuchū) — type of polyhedron
• Kazakh: призма (prizma) — type of polyhedron
• Khmer: ព្រីស (priih) — type of polyhedron
• Korean: 프리즘 (peurijeum) — type of polyhedron
• Korean: 각기둥 (gakgidung) — type of polyhedron
• Central Kurdish: پوازک (pwazk) — type of polyhedron
• Kyrgyz: призма (prizma) — type of polyhedron
• Latvian: prizma — type of polyhedron
• Macedonian: при́зма (prízma) — type of polyhedron
• Malay: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Moksha: призмась (prizmaś) — type of polyhedron
• Norwegian Bokmål: prisme — type of polyhedron
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prisme — type of polyhedron
• Occitan: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Persian: مَنشور (manšur) — type of polyhedron
• Persian: شوشِه (šuše) — type of polyhedron
• Polish: graniastosłup — type of polyhedron
• Portuguese: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Romagnol: prìșma — type of polyhedron
• Romanian: prismă — type of polyhedron
• Russian: при́зма (prízma) — type of polyhedron
• Serbo-Croatian: при̏зма — type of polyhedron
• Serbo-Croatian: prȉzma — type of polyhedron
• Slovak: hranol — type of polyhedron
• Slovene: prizma — type of polyhedron
• Spanish: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Swedish: prisma — type of polyhedron
• Tagalog: balimbing — type of polyhedron
• Tajik: призма (prizma) — type of polyhedron
• Tajik: маншур (manšur) — type of polyhedron
• Tamil: பட்டகம் (paṭṭakam) — type of polyhedron
• Telugu: పట్టకం (paṭṭakaṁ) — type of polyhedron
• Thai: ปริซึม (bprí-sʉ̂m) — type of polyhedron
• Turkish: prizma — type of polyhedron
• Ukrainian: при́зма (prýzma) — type of polyhedron
• Ukrainian: граняк (hranjak) — type of polyhedron
• Ukrainian: граностовп (hranostovp) — type of polyhedron
• Uzbek: prizma — type of polyhedron
• Vietnamese: hình lăng trụ — type of polyhedron
• Volapük: prismat — type of polyhedron
• Welsh: prism — type of polyhedron
• Yiddish: פּריזמע (prizme) — type of polyhedron
• Finnish: leikkaus — cutting or embankment shaped like a prism or number of prisms
• Finnish: penger — cutting or embankment shaped like a prism or number of prisms
• Finnish: prisma — crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis
• Albanian: prizëm — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Arabic: مَنْشُور (manšūr) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Arabic: مَوْشُور (mawšūr) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Armenian: պրիզմա (prizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Asturian: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Azerbaijani: prizma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Bashkir: призма (prizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Basque: prisma optico — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Belarusian: пры́зма (prýzma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Bengali: প্রিজম (prijom) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Breton: kengereg — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Bulgarian: при́зма (prízma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Catalan: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Chinese Mandarin: 稜鏡 /棱镜 (léngjìng) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Czech: hranol — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Danish: prisme — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Dutch: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Esperanto: prismo — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Estonian: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Finnish: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• French: prisme — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• West-Frisian: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Galician: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Georgian: პრიზმა (ṗrizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• German: Prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Greek: πρίσμα (prísma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Hebrew: מִנְסָרָה (minsara) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Hindi: प्रिज़्म (prizm) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Hungarian: prizma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Icelandic: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Ido: prismato — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Indonesian: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Italian: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Japanese: プリズム (purizumu) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Japanese: 三稜鏡 (sanryōkyō) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Kannada: ಅಶ್ರಕ (aśraka) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Kazakh: призма (prizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Khmer: ព្រីស (priih) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Korean: 프리즘 (peurijeum) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Kyrgyz: призма (prizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Latin: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Latvian: prizma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Lithuanian: prizmė — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Macedonian: при́зма (prízma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Malay: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Malayalam: പ്രിസം (prisaṁ) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Maltese: priżma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Māori: poro — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Marathi: लोलक (lolak) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Norwegian Bokmål: prisme — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prisme — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Occitan: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Persian: مَنشور (manšur) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Polish: pryzmat — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Portuguese: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Punjabi: ਰੰਗਾਵਲ (raṅgāval) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Romanian: prismă — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Russian: при́зма (prízma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Serbo-Croatian: при̏зма — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Serbo-Croatian: prȉzma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Sinhalese: ප්රිස්මය (prismaya) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Slovak: hranol — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Slovene: prizma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Spanish: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Swedish: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Tajik: призма (prizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Tajik: маншур (manšur) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Tamil: பட்டகம் (paṭṭakam) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Tatar: призма (prizma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Telugu: పట్టకం (paṭṭakaṁ) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Thai: ปริซึม (bprí-sʉ̂m) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Turkish: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Ukrainian: при́зма (prýzma) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Urdu: مَنْشُور (manśūr) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Uzbek: prizma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Vietnamese: lăng kính — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Volapük: prismat — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Waray-Waray: prisma — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Yiddish: פּריזמע (prizme) — transparent block used to reflect or refract light
• Finnish: takaisinheijastin — surveying: retroreflector