teoria

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See also: teoría, teorią, and teória

Catalan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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teoria f (plural teories)

  1. theory

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Further reading

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From teorio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [teoˈria]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: te‧o‧ri‧a

Adjective

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

  1. theoretical

Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteoriɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞o̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): teo‧ria

Noun

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teoria

  1. theory

Declension

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Inflection of teoria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative teoria teoriat
genitive teorian teorioiden
teorioitten
partitive teoriaa teorioita
illative teoriaan teorioihin
singular plural
nominative teoria teoriat
accusative nom. teoria teoriat
gen. teorian
genitive teorian teorioiden
teorioitten
teoriain rare
partitive teoriaa teorioita
inessive teoriassa teorioissa
elative teoriasta teorioista
illative teoriaan teorioihin
adessive teorialla teorioilla
ablative teorialta teorioilta
allative teorialle teorioille
essive teoriana teorioina
translative teoriaksi teorioiksi
abessive teoriatta teorioitta
instructive teorioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /te.oˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: te‧o‧rì‧a

Noun

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teoria f (plural teorie)

  1. theory
    Antonym: pratica
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Occitan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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teoria f (plural teorias)

  1. theory

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French théorie.[1][2] First attested in 1765.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛˈɔ.rja/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔrja
  • Syllabification: te‧o‧ria

Noun

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teoria f (diminutive teoryjka)

  1. (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)
  2. (countable) theory (someone's personal view on something)
    Synonym: pogląd
  3. (uncountable) theory (branch of a specific scientific discipline that deals with the basic concepts and principles of that discipline)
  4. (countable) theory ((informal) A hypothesis or conjecture)
    Synonym: przypuszczenie
  5. (uncountable) theory (the underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice)
  6. (obsolete, Ancient Greece) sending of state-ambassadors

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kashubian: teorëjô

Trivia

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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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “teoria”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “teoria”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ 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

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: te‧o‧ri‧a

Noun

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teoria f (plural teorias)

  1. (sciences) theory (coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)
  2. theory (unproven conjecture)
    Synonyms: conjectura, hipótese, ideia, suposição
  3. theory (underlying principles as opposed to practice)
    Antonym: prática
  4. (rare) host (collective term for angels)
    Synonym: hoste

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