diagram

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English

Alternative forms

• diagramme (archaic)

Etymology

From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/, /ˈdaɪ.ɡɹæm/

Noun

diagram (plural diagrams)

1. A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
2. A graph or chart.
3. (category theory) A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

Synonyms

• (plan or similar to show relationships or similar): schematic

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:diagram

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

diagram (third-person singular simple present diagrams, present participle diagraming or diagramming, simple past and past participle diagramed or diagrammed)

1. (transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.
2. (UK) To schedule the operations of a locomotive or train according to a diagram.

Related terms

• diagrammatic
• diagrammatically

References

• Category:diagram on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “diagram”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjaɡram]

Noun

diagram m inan

1. diagram

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “diagram”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “diagram”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

diagram n (singular definite diagrammet, plural indefinite diagrammer)

1. diagram

Declension

References

• “diagram” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French diagramme or English diagram, from Latin diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.aːˈɣrɑm/
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧gram
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

diagram n (plural diagrammen, diminutive diagrammetje n)

1. diagram

Derived terms

• staafdiagram
• venndiagram

Descendants

• → Indonesian: diagram

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdijɒɡrɒm]
• Hyphenation: di‧ag‧ram
• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

diagram (plural diagramok)

1. diagram

Declension

References

Further reading

• diagram in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• diagram in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch diagram, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.a.ˈɡram/
• Rhymes: -ɡram
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧gram

Noun

diagram (plural diagram-diagram)

1. diagram:
   1. a plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
   2. a graph or chart.

Synonyms

• gambarajah (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “diagram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

Noun

diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram or diagrammer, definite plural diagramma or diagrammene)

1. diagram

References

• “diagram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

Noun

diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram, definite plural diagramma)

1. diagram

References

• “diagram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.ɡram/
• Rhymes: -aɡram
• Syllabification: dia‧gram

Noun

diagram m inan

1. diagram

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

diagram n

1. a diagram, a graph, a drawing

Declension

Derived terms

References

• diagram in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diagram in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diagram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)