פּריזמע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian пры́зма (prýzma), Russian при́зма (prízma), Ukrainian при́зма (prýzma), from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “something sawed”), from πρίζειν (prízein, “to saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɪzmə/

Noun

פּריזמע • (prizme) f, plural פּריזמעס (prizmes)

1. (geometry) prism
2. (optics) prism

References

• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “פּריזמע”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN