schisma

== English == === Alternative forms === skhisma === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”), whence the orthographic borrowing skhisma. Doublet of schism. === Noun === schisma (plural schismas) (music) A very small interval equal to half a comma. ==== Derived terms ==== schismatic temperament === Anagrams === chiasms == Czech == === Noun === schisma n alternative spelling of schizma ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʰɪs.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskiz.ma] === Noun === schisma n (genitive schismatis); third declension schism (a split or separation within a group or organization) Hermann Venema, Institutiones historiae Ecclesiae veteris et novi testamenti; chapter XI, page 581 Renovāta est hōc sēculō contrōversia inter Graecōs et Latīnōs dē Prōcessiōne Spīritūs S. ex Patre Fīliōque, ut ex historiā schismatis posteā patēbit. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: cisma Old French: cismeFrench: schisme→ Middle English: scisme, cisme, cissime, scysme, sisme, sysmeEnglish: schismScots: schism Portuguese: cisma Spanish: cisma → Catalan: schisma (learned) → Czech: schizma, schisma (learned) → English: schisma (learned) → Italian: schisma (learned) → Romanian: schismă (learned) → Polish: schizma (learned) → Spanish: schisma (learned) === References === “schisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "schisma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “schisma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.