Masculine
Meaning

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

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
sis‧te‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sisˈtema/
Etymology

In summary

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

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