different between stamen vs shamen

English

Etymology

From Latin stamen.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ste?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -e?m?n

Noun

stamen (plural stamens or stamina)

1. (botany) In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

Derived terms

• stameniferous
• stamenless

Translations

See also

• androecium

Anagrams

• Manets, Masten, aments, ant'ems, antems, mantes, mean'st, menats, namest

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *st?men, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh?mn?, from *steh?- (“stand”), whence also st? and sist?. Cognate with Sanskrit ??????? (sth??man, “place; strength”), Gothic ???????????????????? (st?ma), Ancient Greek ????? (stêma), used by Hesychius for a part of a plant. Equivalent to st? (“I stand”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sta?.men/, [?s?t?ä?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sta.men/, [?st???m?n]

Noun

st?men n (genitive st?minis); third declension

1. warp (of a loom)
2. thread hanging from a distaff

Declension

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

Derived terms

• st?mineus

Descendants

• Catalan: estam
• English: stamen, stamina
• French: étaim, étamine
• Italian: stame
• Portuguese: estame, estâmina (via English)
• Spanish: estambre

References

• stamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• stamen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Stamm (“stem, trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ta?m?n/

Verb

stamen (third-person singular present staamt, past participle gestaamt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to descend, to derive

Conjugation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??e?m?n/

Noun

shamen

1. (hypercorrect) plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans.

Usage notes

• See the usage note at the entry for shaman.

Anagrams

• Ehmans, Mehans, Mensah, amensh, ashmen, manehs

Japanese

Romanization

shamen

1. R?maji transcription of ????