flegma

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈflɛɡ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfleɡ.ma]

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmes)

1. phlegm

Esperanto

Etymology

From French flegmatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfleɡma]
• Rhymes: -eɡma
• Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Adjective

flegma (accusative singular flegman, plural flegmaj, accusative plural flegmajn)

1. phlegmatic, calm

Related terms

• trankvila (“calm, tranquil”)

Indonesian

Noun

flegma (first-person possessive flegmaku, second-person possessive flegmamu, third-person possessive flegmanya)

1. phlegm

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɡma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡma
• Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f

1. (physiology) phlegm, mucus
2. phlegm, calmness, sluggishness

Declension

Declension of flegma

	singular
nominative	flegma
genitive	flegmy
dative	flegmie
accusative	flegmę
instrumental	flegmą
locative	flegmie
vocative	flegmo

Further reading

• flegma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• flegma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmas)

1. Alternative form of fleuma

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flěɡma/
• Hyphenation: fleg‧ma

Noun

flègma f (Cyrillic spelling флѐгма)

1. phlegm, apathy
2. phlegmatic person

Declension

Declension of flegma

	singular	plural
nominative	flègma	flegme
genitive	flegme	flègmī
dative	flegmi	flegmama
accusative	flegmu	flegme
vocative	flegmo	flegme
locative	flegmi	flegmama
instrumental	flegmom	flegmama

Spanish

Etymology

See flema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleɡma/ [ˈfleɣ̞.ma]
• Rhymes: -eɡma
• Syllabification: fleg‧ma

Noun

flegma f (plural flegmas)

1. Obsolete form of flema.

Further reading

• “flegma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegma”).

Noun

flegma c

1. phlegm

Declension

Declension of flegma
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	flegma	flegman	—	—
Genitive	flegmas	flegmans	—	—