schema

See also: Schema and schéma

English

Etymology

From Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: skēʹmə, IPA^(key): /ˈskiːmə/

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• Hyphenation: sche‧ma
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

schema (plural schemata or schemas)

1. An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
2. (databases) A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
3. (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
4. (logic) A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
5. (Christianity) A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Synonyms

• (universally-applicable image or outline): schemat
• (databases): schemat
• (logic): axiom schema, schemat

Derived terms

Derived terms

• baby schema
• conceptual schema
• image schema
• logical schema
• physical schema

Related terms

• schematic(al)(ly)
• schematism
• schematist
• schematization
• schematize
• schematologetically
• schematomancy
• scheme

Translations

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception

• Bulgarian: схе́ма (bg) f (shéma)
• Catalan: esquema (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖式／图式 (zh) (túshì)

• Czech: schéma (cs) n
• Finnish: kuva (fi), kaavio (fi), skeema (fi)
• French: schéma (fr) m
• Russian: схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma)

Formal description of the structure of a database

• Finnish: skeema (fi)
• German: Schema (de) n
• Japanese: スキーマ (sukīma)
• Korean: 스키마 (seukima)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: databaseskjema n, skjema n

• Russian: схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma)

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Schema (de) m (1)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} schema (it) m (1)

References

• “schema” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

• McShea, mechas, sachem, samech, schame

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). The scientific sense is a semantic loan from French schéma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

schema n (plural schema's or schemata, diminutive schemaatje n)

1. (general sense) visualisation, diagram
2. (sciences) conceptual model

Descendants

• → Indonesian: skema

Italian

Etymology

From Latin schema, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Syllabification: schè‧ma

Noun

schema m (plural schemi)

1. outline, schema, layout, diagram, plan, draft, project, arrangement

   Synonyms: diagramma, tracciato, piano, abbozzo, progetto, disposizione

2. pattern, mould/mold, norm

   Synonyms: modello, struttura, norma

Related terms

• schematico
• schematismo
• schematizzare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰeː.ma/, [ˈs̠kʰeːmä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈske.ma/, [ˈskɛːmä]

Noun

schēma f (genitive schēmae); first declension
schēma n (genitive schēmatis); third declension

1. shape, figure, form, manner, posture
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2. (rhetoric) figure of speech
3. (geometry) outline, figure

Declension

First-declension noun. Case Singular Plural Nominative schēma schēmae Genitive schēmae schēmārum Dative schēmae schēmīs Accusative schēmam schēmās Ablative schēmā schēmīs Vocative schēma schēmae

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). Case Singular Plural Nominative schēma schēmata Genitive schēmatis schēmatum Dative schēmatī schēmatibus Accusative schēma schēmata Ablative schēmate schēmatibus Vocative schēma schēmata

Related terms

• schēmatismos
• schēmatometria

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: esquema
• French: schéma
• Italian: schema
• Portuguese: esquema
• Spanish: esquema
• Dutch: schema
  • → Indonesian: skema
• → English: schema
• → English: scheme
  • → Irish: scéim
  • → Malay: skim
• → German: Schema
  • → Swedish: schema
• → Old Irish: scíam
  • Irish: scéimh
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgiamh

References

• “schēma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SCHEMA, Schemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 schĕma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2”
• 2 schēma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,401/2”
• “schēma (scēma)” on page 1,702/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “schema”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 945/1

Swedish

Etymology

From German Schema, same as English scheme, used in Swedish since 1673.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧeːma/

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Noun

schema n

1. a schedule (time-based plan of events)
2. a scheme (systematic arrangement)
3. a diagram

Usage notes

• SAOL only lists neuter gender. The Greek plural schemata has also been used.

Declension

Declension of schema
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	schema	schemat	scheman	schemana
Genitive	schemas	schemats	schemans	schemanas

Declension of schema
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	schema	scheman	schemor	schemorna
Genitive	schemas	schemans	schemors	schemornas

Related terms

• kopplingsschema
• skolschema

References

• schema in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• schema in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)