schema

See also: Schema, schéma, and schemă

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: sche‧ma
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

schema (plural schemata or schemas)

1. An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
2. (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
3. (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
4. (logic) A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
5. (Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.

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: 圖式／图式 (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: databaseskjema n, skjema n

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

References

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

Anagrams

• McShea, mechas, sachem, samech, schame

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). The scientific sense is a semantic loan from French schéma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxeː.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sche‧ma
• Rhymes: -eːmaː

Noun

schema n (plural schema's or schemata, diminutive schemaatje n)

1. (general sense) visualisation, diagram
2. (sciences) conceptual model

Derived terms

• kleurenschema
• schematisch
• schematiseren
• schematisme

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: skema

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin schema, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

schema m (plural schemi)

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

From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

schēma f (genitive schēmae); first declension
schēma n (genitive schēmatis); third declension

1. shape, figure, form, manner, posture

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Charisius to this entry?)

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

Declension

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

Third-declension noun (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 of schema

• → Catalan: esquema
• → French: schéma m
  • → Romanian: schemă f
  • → Turkish: şema
• → Italian: schema m
• → 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”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SCHEMA, Schemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 schĕma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2”
• 2 schēma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2”
• “schēma (scēma)” on page 1,702/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “schema”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 945/1

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schema, same as English scheme, used in Swedish since 1673.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧeːma/

• Audio:

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Noun

schema n

1. a schedule (time-based plan of events)
2. a scheme (systematic arrangement)
3. a diagram

Usage notes

• SAOL only lists neuter gender. The Greek plural schemata has also been used.

Declension

Declension of schema

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

Declension of schema

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

Related terms

• kopplingsschema
• skolschema

References

• schema in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• schema in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• schema in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)