different between gumma vs gemma

English

Noun

gumma (plural gummas or gummata)

1. (pathology) a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• mugam

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??uma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: gu?m?ma

Etymology 1

From Late Latin gumma (“gum”) (sticky substance from some plants), from Latin gummi (“gum”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi, “gum”), probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Noun

gumma n

1. (pathology) gumma, a non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.

Declension

Synonyms

• hlíva (obsolete)

Etymology 2

From older gummi, from Latin gummi, from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi), probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Noun

gumma f

1. (obsolete, singular only) gum, a sticky substance from some plants
2. (obsolete, singular only) rubber

Declension

Derived terms

• gummový

Synonyms

• (gum): klovatina, guma
• (rubber): guma, pryž

References

Further reading

• gumma in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• gumma in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish guma of the sane meaning.

Noun

gumma c

1. (colloquial, usually derogatory) an old woman
2. (colloquial, derogatory) a woman who is considered to look like being old
3. (colloquial) an expression of affection to a girl or a young woman
4. (colloquial, dated) a wife

Declension

Verb

gumma

1. (archaic) to cover or otherwise apply with rubber

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (modern language) gummera

English

Etymology

From Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”).

Noun

gemma (plural gemmae)

1. (botany) A bud; an asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.
   • 1969, Rudolf Mathias Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America East of the Hundredth Meridian, Volume 1, Columbia University Press, page 527,

     I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.

   • 1990, Anthony John Edwin Smith, The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, page 2,

     Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape.

     According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.

   • 2005, R. N. Chopra, Biology of Bryophytes, page 32,

     In Marchantia polymorpha, high temperature promotes germination of gemmae (Dacknowski, 1907), and heat absorbed by the gemmae accelerates their germination (Fitting, 1942).

Derived terms

• extragemmal
• gemmoid

Translations

Anagrams

• Megam

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gemma.

Noun

gemma f (plural gemmes)

1. gem, jewel

Further reading

• “gemma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Interlingua

Noun

gemma (plural gemmas)

1. gem

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???m.ma/

Noun

gemma f (plural gemme)

1. bud
2. gem, jewel

Verb

gemma

1. third-person singular present indicative of gemmare
2. second-person singular imperative of gemmare

Anagrams

• gamme

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Two possibilities include:

• Proto-Indo-European *gemb?- (“nail, tooth”)
• Proto-Italic *gen- (“to produce”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??em.ma/, [???m?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??em.ma/, [?d???m??]

Noun

gemma f (genitive gemmae); first declension

1. A bud or eye of a plant.
2. A gem, gemstone, jewel, precious stone.
3. A thing made of precious stones.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• gemm?rius
• gemm?tus
• gemmeus
• gemmifer
• gemm?

Descendants

• Asturian: yema, xema
• Catalan: gemma
• English: gem
• French: gemme
• Galician: xema
• Italian: gemma
• Portuguese: gema
• Romanian: gem?
• Russian: ????? (gemma)
• Spanish: yema, gema
  • ? Cebuano: yema
• ? West Germanic: *gimmu (see there for further descendants)

References

• gemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gemma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gemma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• gemma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gemma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin