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Borrowed from Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

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dilema m (plural dilemes)

  1. dilemma

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Czech

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪlɛma]
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma

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dilema n

  1. dilemma

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Portuguese

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dilema m (plural dilemas)

  1. dilemma (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives)
  2. (loosely) dilemma (difficult circumstance)
  3. (logic) dilemma

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /dilěːma/
  • Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma

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diléma f (Cyrillic spelling диле́ма)

  1. dilemma

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma), from δίς (dís, twice) + λῆμμα (lêmma, premise, assumption), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, to take).

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  • IPA(key): /diˈlema/ [d̪iˈle.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: di‧le‧ma

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dilema m (plural dilemas)

  1. dilemma, quandary
    Synonym: disyuntiva

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