premissa

Etymology

Alternative form of praemissa.

Alternative forms

• premissene m, n

Noun

premissa m, n

1. definite neuter plural of premiss

Etymology

From Latin praemissa (“set before”), feminine past participle of praemitto (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“pre-”) + mittō (“I send”)

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈmi.sa/, /pɾe.ˈmi.sɐ/, /pɾi.ˈmi.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: pre‧mis‧sa

Noun

premissa f (plural premissas)

1. premise (a proposition antecedently supposed or proved)
2. (logic) premise (any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)