paradigma
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”). As a loanword in both languages, paradigma typically maintains the Greek plural form in both Latin and English. Doublet of paradigm.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /paɹ.əˈdɪɡ.ma/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛr.əˈdɪɡ.mə/
Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
=== Noun ===
paradigma (plural paradigmata) (rare)
A written pattern of inflection for parts of speech, especially organized into a tabular form.
(rhetoric, by extension) A mode or exemplar.
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pə.ɾəˈðiɡ.mə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pa.ɾaˈðiɡ.ma]
=== Noun ===
paradigma m (plural paradigmes)
paradigm
==== Derived terms ====
paradigmàtic
=== Further reading ===
“paradigma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“paradigma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“paradigma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “paradigma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈparaɟɪɡma]
=== Noun ===
paradigma n
paradigm (system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈdɪx.maː/
Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
Rhymes: -ɪxmaː
=== Noun ===
paradigma n (plural paradigmata or paradigma's, no diminutive)
(grammar) paradigm (canonical or exhaustive set of inflected forms; set of forms with a common element)
(chiefly philosophy and history of sciences) paradigm (framework of concept, practices and theories; exemplar of academic behaviour)
exemplar, model, blueprint
==== Derived terms ====
paradigmatisch
paradigmaverschuiving
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑˌdiɡmɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌdiɡmɑ̝]
Rhymes: -iɡmɑ
Syllabification(key): pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
Hyphenation(key): para‧digma
=== Noun ===
paradigma
paradigm (model or example)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“paradigma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈpɒrɒdiɡmɒ]
Rhymes: -mɒ
Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
Syllabification: pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
=== Noun ===
paradigma (plural paradigmák)
paradigm (a pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework)
(linguistics) paradigm (the systematic description of all the inflected forms of a word, such as a verb conjugation table)
(neurology) paradigm (difficult-to-pronounce words, by pronouncing which the patient's articulation ability can be tested)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
paradigma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pa.raˈdiɡ.ma/
Rhymes: -iɡma
Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧dìg‧ma
=== Noun ===
paradigma m (plural paradigmi)
paradigm
==== Related terms ====
paradigmatico
=== Further reading ===
paradigma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.raˈdiːɡ.ma]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.raˈdiɡ.ma]
=== Noun ===
paradīgma n (genitive paradīgmatis); third declension
pattern, example, paradigm
==== Declension ====
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
==== Descendants ====
(via Late Latin)
→ Catalan: paradigma
→ English: paradigm
→ French: paradigme m
→ Italian: paradigma
→ Old Ruthenian: пара́дигма n inan (parádihma), пара́диґма (parádigma)Belarusian: парады́гма (paradýhma)Ukrainian: паради́гма (paradýhma)
→ Portuguese: paradigma
→ Romanian: paradigmă
→ Russian: паради́гма f inan (paradígma)→ Kazakh:Cyrillic script: парадигма (paradigma)Latin script: paradigmaArabic script: پاراديگما
→ Spanish: paradigma
=== References ===
“paradigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“paradigma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“paradigm”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Alternative forms ===
paradigmene
=== Noun ===
paradigma n
definite plural of paradigme
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Noun ===
paradigma n
definite plural of paradigme
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin paradīgma (“paradigm”), from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
paradigma m (plural paradigmas)
paradigm (model or example)
Synonyms: modelo, padrão
(linguistics) paradigm (set of all forms which contain a common element)
(computing) a fundamental style of programming
==== Hyponyms ====
(fundamental style of programming): declarativo, estruturado, funcional, imperativo, orientação a objetos
==== Related terms ====
paradigmal
paradigmático
=== Further reading ===
“paradigma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“paradigma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /paradǐɡma/
Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
=== Noun ===
paradìgma f (Cyrillic spelling парадѝгма)
paradigm (system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
paradìgmatskī
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /paɾaˈdiɡma/ [pa.ɾaˈð̞iɣ̞.ma]
Rhymes: -iɡma
Syllabification: pa‧ra‧dig‧ma
=== Noun ===
paradigma m (plural paradigmas)
paradigm
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“paradigma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025