English

Proper noun

Norma

1. A female given name.
   • 1966 Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:

     I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.

Usage notes

• Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.

Etymology 2

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma ‎(“a carpenter's square”).

Proper noun

Norma

1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

Derived terms

• Normae

Translations

Anagrams

• manor
• moran, Moran
• morna
• roman, Roman

Faroese

Proper noun

Norma f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Norma: Normuson
• daughter of Norma: Normudóttir

Declension

English

Noun

norma ‎(plural normas)

1. a norm
2. a template

Anagrams

• manor
• moran, Moran
• morna
• roman, Roman

Asturian

Noun

norma f ‎(plural normes)

1. rule, regulation

Catalan

Noun

norma f ‎(plural normes)

1. rule, regulation

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

norma f

1. (sociology) norm

Related terms

• normální

Esperanto

Adjective

norma ‎(accusative singular norman, plural normaj, accusative plural normajn)

1. standard

   la norma angla (lingvo)

   Standard English

2. normal

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: normas, normât

Verb

norma

1. third-person singular past historic of normer

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin norma.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnormɒ]
• Hyphenation: nor‧ma

Noun

norma ‎(plural normák)

1. norm, standard

Declension

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

Noun

norma f ‎(plural norme)

1. rule, norm, regulation
2. model, form, pattern
3. instruction, direction
4. rule, custom

Synonyms

• (1) regola, regolamento, precetto
• (2) istruzione, avvertenza
• (3) consuetudine

Derived terms

• di norma
• normale

Verb

norma

1. third-person singular present indicative of normare
2. second-person singular imperative of normare

Anagrams

• marno, marnò

Ladin

Noun

norma f ‎(plural normes)

1. norm

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps via Etruscan from Ancient Greek γνώμων ‎(gnṓmōn, “judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnor.ma/

Noun

norma f ‎(genitive normae); first declension

1. A carpenter’s square
2. A norm, standard (rule, precept)

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: norm
• Italian: norma
• Portuguese: norma
• Russian: норма ‎(norma)
  • Bashkir: норма ‎(norma)

References

• norma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• norma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NORMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• norma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• norma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• norma in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from Latin norma ‎(“a carpenter's square; rule, standard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [noɾma]

Noun

norma f (4th declension)

1. norm (rule, principle, which regulates people's relations in a society)

   tiesību, juridiskā, tiesiskā norma‎ ― legal norm

   pieklājības, morāles norma‎ ― courtesy, moral norm

   sadzīves, uzvedības norma‎ ― social, behavior norm

   literārās valodas normas‎ ― the norms of the literary language

2. norm (size, composition, structure, etc. considered to be the best, the target, the most advisable)

   nokrišņu mēneša norma‎ ― monthly rainfall norm

   ražīguma norma‎ ― productivity norm

   pārsniegt normu‎ ― to go beyond the norm

Declension

Synonyms

• likums
• noteikums

Related terms

• normāls, normālums, nenormāls
• normalitāte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

norma f

1. definite singular of norm

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.ma/

Noun

norma f

1. norm

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁ.mɐ/

Noun

norma f (plural normas)

1. norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)

Related terms

• normal
• normalizar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôːrma/
• Hyphenation: no‧rma

Noun

nȏrma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling но̑рма)

1. rule
2. norm

Declension

Spanish

Noun

norma f ‎(plural normas)

1. rule, norm, standard, touchstone

Related terms

• normal
• normar
• normativa
• normativo

Verb

norma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of normar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of normar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of normar.