Noun: schema
| Singular | schema |
| Plural | schemata; schemas |
Sample Sentences
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The database schema defines how the tables are organized.
Nouns inflected like schema
schema,
smegma,
hyperschema,
mycoderma,
zeugma,
nomisma,
ancylostoma,
epirrhema,
antisigma,
toxoplasma,
sterigma,
necrogranuloma,
cathisma,
lymphoma,
derma,
syntagma,
stoma,
eczema,
conidioma,
bregma, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
σχῆμα'.