German

Noun

Thema n ‎(genitive Themas, plural Themen or Themata or Themas)

1. topic, subject, issue
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 93:

     Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.

     Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.

2. (music) theme

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Themen.
• The plural Themata is restricted to elevated, academic style. The form Themas is sometimes seen in the musical sense, otherwise it is illiterate.

Declension

Related terms

• Thematik
• thematisieren
• themenbezogen

Dutch

Noun

thema n ‎(plural thema's or themata, diminutive themaatje n)

1. topic, subject, issue
2. (music) theme

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma/

Noun

thema ‎(plural themas)

1. subject (e.g., of conversation)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέμα ‎(théma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.ma/, [ˈtʰɛ.ma]

Noun

thema n ‎(genitive thematis); third declension

1. theme, topic
2. the alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Related terms

• Themis

Descendants

References

• thema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• THEMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “thema”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

thema m (plural themas)

1. Obsolete spelling of tema (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).