adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/
Received-Pronunciation:/sɪˈstiː.mɪk/
Canada, General-American:/sɪˈstɛm.ɪk/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/sɪˈstem.ɪk/
New-Zealand:/səˈstem.ək/
India:/ˈsɪs.ʈə.mɪk/
India:/sɪsˈʈɛː.mɪk/
rhymes with -ɛmɪk
rhymes with -iːmɪk
rhymes with (India, also) -ɪk
CMU ARPABET:S IH0 S T EH1 M IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to an entire organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: holistic
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
affecting an entire system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a systemic poison
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From system + -ic. Doublet of systematic.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نِظَامِيّ
(niẓāmiyy)
— relating to a system
Armenian:
համակարգային
(hamakargayin)
— relating to a system
Belarusian:
сістэ́мны
(sistémny)
— relating to a system
Bulgarian:
систе́мен
(sistémen)
— relating to a system
Catalan:
sistèmic
— relating to a system
Czech:
systémový
— relating to a system
Danish:
systemisk
— relating to a system
Finnish:
systeeminen
— relating to a system
French:
systémique
— relating to a system
German:
systemisch
— relating to a system
German:
System-
— relating to a system
Hungarian:
rendszerszerű
— relating to a system
Indonesian:
sistemis
— relating to a system
Macedonian:
системски
(sistemski)
— relating to a system
Malay:
sistemik
— relating to a system
Polish:
systemowy
— relating to a system
Russian:
систе́мный
(sistémnyj)
— relating to a system
Serbo-Croatian:
сѝсте̄мскӣ
— relating to a system
Serbo-Croatian:
sìstēmskī
— relating to a system
Slovak:
systémový
— relating to a system
Slovene:
sistemski
— relating to a system
Spanish:
sistémico
— relating to a system
Ukrainian:
систе́мний
(systémnyj)
— relating to a system
Catalan:
sistèmic
— pertaining to an entire organism
Finnish:
systeeminen
— pertaining to an entire organism
French:
systémique
— pertaining to an entire organism
Hungarian:
rendszerszintű
— pertaining to an entire organism
Hungarian:
általános
— pertaining to an entire organism
Hungarian:
átfogó
— pertaining to an entire organism
Indonesian:
sistemis
— pertaining to an entire organism
Italian:
sistemico
— pertaining to an entire organism
Malay:
sistemik
— pertaining to an entire organism
Polish:
ogólnoustrojowy
— pertaining to an entire organism
Portuguese:
sistêmico
— pertaining to an entire organism
Spanish:
sistémico
— pertaining to an entire organism
