sistema

See also: sistēma, sistēmā, and sistèma

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/ [sis̪ˈt̪e.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma

Noun

sistema m (plural sistemes)

1. system

Derived terms

• sistema nerviosu
• sistema operativu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

Noun

sistema m (plural sistemes)

1. system

Derived terms

• sistema nerviós
• sistema operatiu
• sistema solar
• sistèmic

Related terms

• sistemàtic

Further reading

• “sistema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

Adjective

sistema (accusative singular sisteman, plural sistemaj, accusative plural sistemajn)

1. systematic

Related terms

• sistemo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtɛma/ [s̺is̺ˈt̪ɛ.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/ [s̺is̺ˈt̪e.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

Noun

sistema m (plural sistemas)

1. system

Derived terms

• sistema nervioso
• sistema operativo

Related terms

• sistemático

Further reading

• “sistema”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈstɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: si‧stè‧ma

Etymology 1

From Late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Noun

sistema m (plural sistemi)

1. system
2. method, process

Derived terms

• sistema accusatorio
• sistema aperto
• sistema aureo
• sistema chiuso
• sistema costituzionale
• sistema di allarme
• sistema economico
• sistema elettorale
• sistema endocrino
• sistema giudiziario
• sistema giuridico
• sistema immunitario
• sistema informatico
• sistema informativo
• sistema isolato
• sistema linfatico
• sistema maggioritario
• sistema operativo
• sistema politico
• sistema sociale
• sistema solare
• sistema Westminster
• sistemare
• sistematico
• sistemico
• sistemista
• sistemistica
• sottosistema

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sistema

1. inflection of sistemare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• sistema in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• sistema in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• sistema in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• sistema in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• sistèma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• sistèma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• masseti, missate, tassemi

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Noun

sistema m (Hebrew spelling סיסטימה, plural sistemas)

1. system

Related terms

• sistematiko

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲɪsʲtʲɛˈmɐ/

Noun

sistemà f (plural sistèmos) stress pattern 2

1. system

Declension

Declension of sistemà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sistemà	sistèmos
genitive (kilmininkas)	sistèmos	sistèmų
dative (naudininkas)	sistèmai	sistèmoms
accusative (galininkas)	sistèmą	sistemàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sistemà	sistèmomis
locative (vietininkas)	sistèmoje	sistèmose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sistèma	sistèmos

Related terms

• sistematika
• sistematinis
• sistemingas
• sisteminti

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sistema, from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪsˈtɛː.ma/

• Audio (Gozo):

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Noun

sistema f (plural sistemi)

1. system

Related terms

• sistematikament
• sistematiku
• sistemazzjoni
• ssistema
• ssistematizza

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• systema (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma). Compare French système.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sisˈtẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sisˈtẽ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʃˈtẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sisˈte.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siʃˈte.mɐ/, /sɨʃˈte.mɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -emɐ, (most of Brazil) -ẽmɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

Noun

sistema m (plural sistemas)

1. system
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 292:

     Elle não tinha levantadas theorias, não tinha planos concebidos, não tinha presumpçosos systemas.

     He hadn't splendid theories, he hadn't conceived plans, he hadn't presumptuous systems.

2. (colloquial, with a definite article) system, the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual; the establishment

   Os hippies eram contra o sistema.

   The hippies were against the establishment.

Derived terms

• antissistema
• sistema digestivo
• sistema nervoso
• sistema operativo
• sistema respiratório
• sistema solar

Further reading

• “sistema”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sistema”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “sistema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “sistema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sistema”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “sistema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organized whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/ [sisˈt̪e.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma

Noun

sistema m (plural sistemas)

1. system
2. scheme (a systematic plan of future action; also, a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)
3. (politics, colloquial) the establishment
4. regime, system (political)

Hyponyms

• administrador de sistemas
• antisistema
• sistema circulatorio (“circulatory system”)
• sistema contable (“accounting system”)
• sistema de acogida (“foster care system”)
• sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida
• sistema de archivo (“file system, filing system”)
• sistema de contabilidad (“accounting system”)
• sistema de control (“control system”)
• sistema de control de calidad (“quality control system”)
• sistema de ecuaciones
• sistema de educación (“education system”)
• sistema de información (“information system”)
• sistema de numeración
• sistema de posicionamiento global
• sistema de producción (“production system”)
• sistema de unidades
• sistema digestivo
• sistema educativo (“education system”)
• sistema electoral
• sistema eléctrico (“electrical system”)
• sistema endocrino
• sistema esquelético (“skeletal system”)
• sistema excretor (“excretory system”)
• sistema informático (“computer system”)
• sistema inmunitario
• sistema inmunológico (“immune system”)
• sistema internacional
• Sistema Internacional de Unidades
• sistema jurídico (“legal system”)
• sistema límbico
• sistema linfático
• sistema métrico
• sistema muscular (“muscular system”)
• sistema nervioso
• sistema operativo
• sistema planetario
• sistema renal (“renal system”)
• sistema reproductivo (“reproductive system”)
• sistema reproductor
• sistema respiratorio (“respiratory system”)
• sistema sanitario
• sistema solar
• sistema tributario
• sistema urinario (“urinary system”)

Derived terms

• analista de sistemas
• por sistema
• sistema Ibérico
• sistémico

Related terms

• sistemática
• sistemáticamente
• sistemático
• sistematizar

Further reading

• “sistema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sistema.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/ [sɪsˈt̪ɛː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma

Noun

sistema (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜋ)

1. system (way of doing something)

   Synonyms: paraan, pamamaraan, kaparaaanan

2. regulation

   Synonyms: palakad, pamamalakad, patakaran, tuntunin, panuntunan

Derived terms

• sistemang sentimetro-gramo-segundo

Related terms

• sistemasisa
• sistematiko
• sistematisahin
• sistemiko

Further reading

• “sistema”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• mestisa

Uzbek

Noun

sistema (plural sistemalar)

1. system

Declension

Declension of sistema

	singular	plural
nominative	sistema	sistemalar
genitive	sistemaning	sistemalarning
dative	sistemaga	sistemalarga
definite accusative	sistemani	sistemalarni
locative	sistemada	sistemalarda
ablative	sistemadan	sistemalardan
similative	sistemadek	sistemalardek

Possessive forms of sistema

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	sistemam	sistemalarim
genitive	sistemamning	sistemalarimning
dative	sistemamga	sistemalarimga
definite accusative	sistemamni	sistemalarimni
locative	sistemamda	sistemalarimda
ablative	sistemamdan	sistemalarimdan
similative	sistemamdek	sistemalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	sistemang	sistemalaring
genitive	sistemangning	sistemalaringning
dative	sistemangga	sistemalaringga
definite accusative	sistemangni	sistemalaringni
locative	sistemangda	sistemalaringda
ablative	sistemangdan	sistemalaringdan
similative	sistemangdek	sistemalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	sistemasi	sistemalari
genitive	sistemasining	sistemalarining
dative	sistemasiga	sistemalariga
definite accusative	sistemasini	sistemalarini
locative	sistemasida	sistemalarida
ablative	sistemasidan	sistemalaridan
similative	sistemasidek	sistemalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	sistemamiz	sistemalarimiz
genitive	sistemamizning	sistemalarimizning
dative	sistemamizga	sistemalarimizga
definite accusative	sistemamizni	sistemalarimizni
locative	sistemamizda	sistemalarimizda
ablative	sistemamizdan	sistemalarimizdan
similative	sistemamizdek	sistemalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	sistemangiz	sistemalaringiz
genitive	sistemangizning	sistemalaringizning
dative	sistemangizga	sistemalaringizga
definite accusative	sistemangizni	sistemalaringizni
locative	sistemangizda	sistemalaringizda
ablative	sistemangizdan	sistemalaringizdan
similative	sistemangizdek	sistemalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	sistemasi	sistemalari
genitive	sistemasining	sistemalarining
dative	sistemasiga	sistemalariga
definite accusative	sistemasini	sistemalarini
locative	sistemasida	sistemalarida
ablative	sistemasidan	sistemalaridan
similative	sistemasidek	sistemalaridek