# teoria
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin theōria, from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

teoria f (plural teories)
* theory

#### Derived terms

* en teoria
* teoria de cordes
* teoria dels jocs

#### Related terms

* teòric
* teorètic

### Further reading

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

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From teorio +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [teoˈria]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: te‧o‧ri‧a

### Adjective

teoria (accusative singular teorian, plural teoriaj, accusative plural teoriajn)
* theoretical

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Late Latin theōria, from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteoriɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞o̞ˌriɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: teo‧ria

### Noun

teoria
* theory
    teoria lajien synnystä ― the theory of the origin of species

#### Declension

Possessive forms of teoria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teoriani
teoriani
accusative
nom.
teoriani
teoriani
gen.
teoriani
genitive
teoriani
teorioideni teorioitteni teoriaini $^{rare}$
partitive
teoriaani
teorioitani
inessive
teoriassani
teorioissani
elative
teoriastani
teorioistani
illative
teoriaani
teorioihini
adessive
teoriallani
teorioillani
ablative
teorialtani
teorioiltani
allative
teorialleni
teorioilleni
essive
teorianani
teorioinani
translative
teoriakseni
teorioikseni
abessive
teoriattani
teorioittani
instructive
comitative
—teorioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teoriasi
teoriasi
accusative
nom.
teoriasi
teoriasi
gen.
teoriasi
genitive
teoriasi
teorioidesi teorioittesi teoriaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
teoriaasi
teorioitasi
inessive
teoriassasi
teorioissasi
elative
teoriastasi
teorioistasi
illative
teoriaasi
teorioihisi
adessive
teoriallasi
teorioillasi
ablative
teorialtasi
teorioiltasi
allative
teoriallesi
teorioillesi
essive
teorianasi
teorioinasi
translative
teoriaksesi
teorioiksesi
abessive
teoriattasi
teorioittasi
instructive
comitative
—teorioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teoriamme
teoriamme
accusative
nom.
teoriamme
teoriamme
gen.
teoriamme
genitive
teoriamme
teorioidemme teorioittemme teoriaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
teoriaamme
teorioitamme
inessive
teoriassamme
teorioissamme
elative
teoriastamme
teorioistamme
illative
teoriaamme
teorioihimme
adessive
teoriallamme
teorioillamme
ablative
teorialtamme
teorioiltamme
allative
teoriallemme
teorioillemme
essive
teorianamme
teorioinamme
translative
teoriaksemme
teorioiksemme
abessive
teoriattamme
teorioittamme
instructive
comitative
—teorioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teorianne
teorianne
accusative
nom.
teorianne
teorianne
gen.
teorianne
genitive
teorianne
teorioidenne teorioittenne teoriainne $^{rare}$
partitive
teoriaanne
teorioitanne
inessive
teoriassanne
teorioissanne
elative
teoriastanne
teorioistanne
illative
teoriaanne
teorioihinne
adessive
teoriallanne
teorioillanne
ablative
teorialtanne
teorioiltanne
allative
teoriallenne
teorioillenne
essive
teoriananne
teorioinanne
translative
teoriaksenne
teorioiksenne
abessive
teoriattanne
teorioittanne
instructive
comitative
—teorioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
teoriansa
teoriansa
accusative
nom.
teoriansa
teoriansa
gen.
teoriansa
genitive
teoriansa
teorioidensa teorioittensa teoriainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
teoriaansa
teorioitaan teorioitansa
inessive
teoriassaan teoriassansa
teorioissaan teorioissansa
elative
teoriastaan teoriastansa
teorioistaan teorioistansa
illative
teoriaansa
teorioihinsa
adessive
teoriallaan teoriallansa
teorioillaan teorioillansa
ablative
teorialtaan teorialtansa
teorioiltaan teorioiltansa
allative
teorialleen teoriallensa
teorioilleen teorioillensa
essive
teorianaan teorianansa
teorioinaan teorioinansa
translative
teoriakseen teoriaksensa
teorioikseen teorioiksensa
abessive
teoriattaan teoriattansa
teorioittaan teorioittansa
instructive
comitative
—teorioineen teorioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* teorioida
* aaltoteoria
* ajopuuteoria
* alkuräjähdysteoria
* ansaintateoria
* arvoteoria
* atomiteoria
* attribuutioteoria
* automaattiteoria
* balanssiteoria
* dominoteoria
* evoluutioteoria
* funktioteoria
* graafiteoria
* gravitaatioteoria
* hiukkasteoria
* hyötyteoria
* häiriöteoria
* inflaatioteoria
* informaatioteoria
* jonoteoria
* joukkoteoria
* jousiteoria
* järjestysteoria
* kaaosteoria
* kaasuteoria
* kamariteoria
* katastrofiteoria
* kategoriateoria
* kenttäteoria
* kiintymyssuhdeteoria
* konfliktiteoria
* kontingenssiteoria
* koodausteoria
* kulttuuriteoria
* kuntateoria
* kurjistumisteoria
* kvanttikenttäteoria
* kvanttiteoria
* laskettavuusteoria
* lukuteoria
* malliteoria
* mittateoria
* musiikinteoria
* oikeusteoria
* optimaalisuusteoria
* optimointiteoria
* osiovasteteoria
* painovoimateoria
* peliteoria
* porttiteoria
* potentiaaliteoria
* päätäntäteoria
* päätösteoria
* queer-teoria
* rahateoria
* rakenteistumisteoria
* rengasteoria
* riskiteoria
* ryhmäteoria
* salaliittoteoria
* sarjateoria
* skoposteoria
* solmuteoria
* soluteoria
* suhteellisuusteoria
* supersäieteoria
* systeemiteoria
* säieteoria
* säätöteoria
* taideteoria
* talousteoria
* teonteoria
* teorianmuodostus
* teoriaopetus
* teoriatunti
* tieteenteoria
* tietojenkäsittelyteoria
* tietoteoria
* tiheysfunktionaaliteoria
* todennäköisyysteoria
* todistusteoria
* toimijaverkkoteoria
* toimintateoria
* transformaatioteoria
* tyyppiteoria
* työnarvoteoria
* valenssisidosteoria
* verkkoteoria
* verkostoteoria
* yhteiskuntateoria

#### Related terms

* teoreema
* teoreetikko
* teoreettinen

### Further reading

* “teoria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ia
* IPA: /te.oˈri.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: te‧o‧rì‧a
(Rome) IPA: /teo̯ˈɾiä̯/, [tɪ̯ɤ̝ˈɾi̞ɐ̯]

### Noun

teoria f (plural teorie)
* theory
    Antonym: pratica

#### Related terms

* teoretico
* teorico
* teorizzare

### Anagrams

* aiterò, oriate, otarie, rotaie, roteai, toreai

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin theōria, from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te.u.ˈri.ɐ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

teoria f (plural teorias)
* theory

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* teoryja (Middle Polish)
* teorya (pre-reform orthography (1816))
* teorja (pre-reform orthography (1936))

### Etymology

Borrowed from French théorie. First attested in 1765.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛˈɔ.rja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrja
* Syllabification: te‧o‧ria

### Noun

teoria f (diminutive teoryjka)
* (countable, sciences) theory (a coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc)
* (countable) theory (someone's personal view on something)
    Synonym: pogląd
* (uncountable) theory (branch of a specific scientific discipline that deals with the basic concepts and principles of that discipline)
* (countable) theory ((informal) A hypothesis or conjecture)
    Synonym: przypuszczenie
* (uncountable) theory (the underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice)
* (obsolete, Ancient Greece) sending of state-ambassadors

#### Derived terms

* spiskowa teoria dziejów
* teoria gier
* teoria poznania
* teoria spisku
* teoria względności

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: teorëjô

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), teoria is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 37 times in scientific texts, 1 time in news, 25 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 74 times, making it the 874th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “teoria”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “teoria”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Magdalena Majdak (26.10.2021) “TEORIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “teoria”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 601

### Further reading

* teoria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* teoria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “teorya”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “teorja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “teorja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 46

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* theoria (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin theōria (“theory”), from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría, “contemplation; speculation; a looking at; things looked at”), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, to view, to consider, to examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /te.oˈɾi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /te.oˈɾi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /te.oˈɾi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tjuˈɾi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: te‧o‧ri‧a

### Noun

teoria f (plural teorias)
* (sciences) theory (coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
* theory (unproven conjecture)
    Synonyms: conjectura, hipótese, ideia, suposição
* theory (underlying principles as opposed to practice)
    Antonym: prática
* (rare) host (collective term for angels)
    Synonym: hoste

#### Derived terms

* teoria da ciência
* teoria da conspiração
* teoria da relatividade
* teoria do caos
* teoria dos conjuntos
* teoria dos jogos

#### Related terms

* teorema
* teoreticamente
* teorético
* teórica
* teoricamente
* teoricismo
* teórico