different between lemma vs lema

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: l?m'?, IPA^(key): /?l?m?/
• Rhymes: -?m?
• Hyphenation: lem?ma

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Noun

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
2. (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
3. (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

Synonyms

• (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form

Antonyms

• (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): non-lemma

Derived terms

• lemmatize

Related terms

Translations

See also

• basic form
• canonical form
• citation form
• dictionary form
• headword
• infinitive

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek ????? (lémma), from ???? (lép?, “I peel”).

Noun

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
2. (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Sister projects

• lemma (psycholinguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (morphology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (logic) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• melam

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?ma]
• Hyphenation: le?m?ma

Noun

lemma n

1. (mathematics) lemma
2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)

Declension

Related terms

• lemmatický
• lemmatizace
• lemmatizátor
• lemmatizovat
• dilema
• trilema

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: lem?ma
• Rhymes: -?ma?

Noun

lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)

1. (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)

Derived terms

• hoofdlemma
• sublemma

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lem??/, [?le?m??]
• Rhymes: -em??
• Syllabification: lem?ma

Noun

lemma

1. (linguistics) lemma
2. (mathematics) lemma

Declension

Synonyms

• (linguistics): perusmuoto
• (math): apulause

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m.ma/
• Hyphenation: lem?ma

Noun

lemma m (plural lemmi)

1. (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
2. entry (in a dictionary)

Related terms

• lemmatico

References

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) , “lemma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

• “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
• lemma¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• melma

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?m.ma/, [???e?m?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lem.ma/, [?l?m??]

Noun

l?mma n (genitive l?mmatis); third declension

1. (literally) A subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Younger to this entry?)
2. (transferred senses):
   1. the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject)
   2. the epigram itself
   3. story, tale
   4. the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• n?tr?cis l?mmata

Descendants

• Dutch: lemma
• English: lemma
• French: lemme
• German: Lemma
• Italian: lemma
• Spanish: lema

References

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lemma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 898/2
• “lemma” on page 1,015/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Probably a scribal error: ni ? m.

Noun

lemma f (genitive lemmae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m.ma/

Noun

lemma f

1. (linguistics, lexicography) lemma

Declension

Further reading

• lemma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lemma n

1. lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)
2. (mathematics) lemma (a proposition)

Declension

Synonyms

• uppslagsord

Related terms

References

• lemma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek ???? (l?m?, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).

Noun

lema (uncountable)

1. (physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.

Synonyms

• sebum palpebrale

Anagrams

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Leam, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, leam, male, meal, mela, mela-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?le.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?le.ma/

Noun

lema m (plural lemes)

1. (heraldry) motto
2. (lingusitics) lemma
3. (mathematics) lemma

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ??
• Roman: lêma

Adjective

lema (ngoko lemu, krama lema)

1. (polite) fat

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (l?m?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?.ma/, [???e?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.ma/, [?l??m?]

Noun

l?ma f (genitive l?mae); first declension

1. rheum that collects in the corner of the eyes

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• gr?mia

References

• lema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lema

1. five

Maltese

Alternative forms

• lema'

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (lama?a). The original inflection with a final g? is now less common (see above). Otherwise the root was reanalysed as ending in a semivowel. For this case, moreover, there exist two conjugations (one with -a- in all forms and one of the type of beda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ma/

Verb

lema (imperfect jilma)

1. to glitter, glint, glimmer

Conjugation

• The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.

Derived terms

• limja

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??ma.

Verb

lema

1. to farm, to cultivate
2. to plough

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma). Compare Spanish lema.

Noun

lema m (plural lemas)

1. motto; slogan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ma/
• Hyphenation: le?ma

Noun

léma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. lemma

Declension

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??ma.

Verb

lema

1. to farm, to cultivate
2. to plough

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lemma, form Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lema/, [?le.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema

Noun

lema m (plural lemas)

1. motto
2. slogan (especially a political one)

   Synonym: eslogan

3. theme, subject
4. headword, term, title
5. lemma
6. (heraldry) motto

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??ma.

Verb

lema

1. to farm, to cultivate
2. to plough