different between lemma vs listeme

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

list +? -eme.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?st'?m, IPA^(key): /?l?sti?m/

Noun

listeme (plural listemes)

1. (linguistics) An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule.

   Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese".

See also

• chereme
• chroneme
• expression
• grapheme
• idiom
• irregular
• lexeme
• phoneme
• set phrase
• term
• toneme
• word

Anagrams

• Steimel, Steimle, smeltie