# diafragma
## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* diaphragma (dated, superseded)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch diafragma, from Latin diaphragma, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (dĭắphrăgmă).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dijaːˈfrɑxmaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

### Noun

diafragma n (plural diafragma's, diminutive diafragmaatje n)
* aperture (something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system)
* diaphragm: the muscle between thorax and abdomen needed for breething
    Synonym: middenrif

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian диафрагма (diafragma).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈdiɑˌfrɑɡmɑ/, [ˈdiɑˌfrɑɡm]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈdiɑˌfrɑɡmɑ/, [ˈtiɑˌfrɑɡ̊mɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑɡm, -ɑɡmɑ
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

### Noun

diafragma
* (anatomy) diaphragm
** 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:Kuin inmihisen ruumees, niin i elokkaan ruumees keskipaikaas ono mokoma poolosti, kumman erilaajain väliliha — kutsutaa hänt diafragmaks — jakkaa kahtee ossaa: rintapoolostii ja vatsapoolostii.Just like in a human body, in the animal body, in the middle there is a certain type of cavity, which a different kind of barrier - it's called a diaphragm - divides into two parts: the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity.

#### Synonyms

* verikammari

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.mɐ/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾaɡ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾaɡ.ma/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾaɡ.ma], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾaɡ.ma/, /d͡ʒi.aˈfɾa.ɡi.ma/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈfɾa.ɡi.ma], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈfɾa.ɡi.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.ɐˈfɾa.ɡmɐ/ [di.ɐˈfɾa.ɣmɐ], (faster pronunciation) /djɐˈfɾa.ɡmɐ/ [djɐˈfɾa.ɣmɐ]

### Noun

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)
* (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
* diaphragm (contraceptive device)
* (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diaphragmer.

### Verb

a diafragma (third-person singular present diafragmează, past participle diafragmat) 1st conjugation
* to diaphragm

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djaˈfɾaɡma/ [d̪jaˈfɾaɣ̞.ma]
* Rhymes: -aɡma
* Syllabification: dia‧frag‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Latin diaphragma (“partition, diaphragm”), from Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, “partition-wall, barrier; later midriff, diaphragm”), from διά (diá, “through”) + φράγμα (phrágma, “fence, screen”), from φράσσω (phrássō, “to fence in, hedge around”).

#### Noun

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)
* (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen)
* diaphragm (contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup)
* (photography) diaphragm (thin, opaque structure with a central aperture)
* (acoustics) diaphragm (vibrating membrane in a speaker)
* (botany) diaphragm (membrane that separates one cavity from another)
* (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane separating two chambers)

##### Derived terms

* diafragmar
* diafragmático

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

diafragma
* inflection of diafragmar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “diafragma”, 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

## Swedish
### Noun

diafragma c
* (anatomy) diaphragm
    Synonym: mellangärde
* a diaphragm (various partition walls)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | diafragma | diafragmas |
| singular | definite | diafragman | diafragmans |
| plural | indefinite | diafragmer | diafragmers |
| plural | definite | diafragmerna | diafragmernas |
| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | diafragma | diafragmas |
| singular | definite | diafragman | diafragmans |
| plural | indefinite | diafragmor | diafragmors |
| plural | definite | diafragmorna | diafragmornas |

### References

* diafragma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* diafragma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* diafragma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH