schèmecommon nounEtymologyexpandsee schemaDefinitions1. see schema.expand2. In Arabic, part of the word, complementary to the root. For example, the root ك ت ب, KTB ('write') associated with the scheme *A*a*a ('reciprocal action') gives كاتَبَ, KATaBa ('to exchange correspondence').linguistiqueexpandSynonymthèmePluralschèmesSee alsoschématiser (v.) schématisation (cn.) schématisme (cn.) schéma (cn.) schématique (adj.)