different between stigma vs blot
stigma
English
Alternative forms
- stigmat (Anglicised long stem)
- stigmate
- stigme (Anglicised short stem, obsolete, rare)
Etymology 1
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (stígma, “brand”), from ????? (stíz?, “I mark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??m?/
Noun
stigma (plural stigmata or stigmas)
- A mark of infamy or disgrace.
- A scar or birthmark.
- (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
- (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
- (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
Derived terms
- stigmatize
Translations
Etymology 2
Partly from Ancient Greek ?????? (stígma, “mark, sign”), and partly from the acrophonic value of its initial st- as well as the analogy with the name of sigma.
Noun
stigma (plural stigmas)
- (typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (?/?).
Translations
Further reading
- stigma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- stigma in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- stigma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stigmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stigma (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- mistag
Czech
Etymology
From Latin stigma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sc??ma]
- Hyphenation: stig?ma
Noun
stigma n
- stigma, stain
Declension
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (stígma, “brand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?ma/, [?sd?i?ma] or IPA(key): /stikma/, [?sd?i??ma]
Noun
stigma n (singular definite stigmaet, plural indefinite stigmata)
- stigma
Inflection
Related terms
- stigmatisere ("stigmatize")
- stigmatisering ("stigmatization")
Further reading
- stigma on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish
Noun
stigma
- stigma
Declension
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (stígma, “brand”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?.ma/
Noun
stigma m (plural stigmas)
- stigma (Greek letter)
- Contrairement à ce que l'œil pourrait laisser croire, stigma n'est pas un sigma final grec : en effet, c'est l'évolution de la ligature d'un sigma lunaire avec un tau.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (stígma).
Noun
stigma m (plural stigmi)
- stigma (all senses)
stigma m or f (invariable)
- stigma (Greek ligature)
Related terms
- stigmata
- stigmatizzare
Further reading
- stigma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- stigma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sti?.ma/, [?s?t???mä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sti?.ma/, [?st?i?m?]
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek ?????? (stígma).
Noun
stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension
- brand (burned mark, especially on a slave)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
- Catalan: estigma
- English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
- French: stigmate
- Galician: estigma
- Irish: stiogma
- Italian: stigma
- Polish: stygmat
- Portuguese: estigma
- Spanish: estigma
Etymology 2
Collateral form of stemma.
Noun
stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension
- medieval spelling of stemma
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
References
- stigma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stigma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stigma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- stigma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “2. stigma”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 991/2
Swedish
Noun
stigma n
- a stigma
- att ha många barn har gått från stigma till status
- to have many children has gone from stigma to status
- att ha många barn har gått från stigma till status
Usage notes
- A Latin plural stigmata is also used.
Declension
Related terms
- stigmatisera
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blot
English
Etymology
From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- (General American) IPA(key): /bl?t/
Noun
blot (plural blots)
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- I withdrew my subscription by help of a blot, / And so might discover or gain by the plot:
- 1918, Siegfried Sassoon, “The Death-Bed” in The Old Huntsman and Other Poems, London: Heinemann, p. 95,[1]
- […] He was blind; he could not see the stars
- Glinting among the wraiths of wandering cloud;
- Queer blots of colour, purple, scarlet, green,
- Flickered and faded in his drowning eyes.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)
- (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
- This paper blots easily.
- (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- 1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
- The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore, […]
- 1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
- (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Blot not thy Innocence with guiltle?s Blood.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- to blot out a word or a sentence
- (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- 1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis
- He ?ung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane, […]
- 1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Bolt, bolt
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German bl?t (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?l?d?]
Adjective
blot (plural and definite singular attributive blotte)
- (dated) mere, very
Adverb
blot
- (slightly formal) only, merely
Synonyms
- kun, bare
Etymology 2
Borrowed Old Norse blót, from Proto-Germanic *bl?t?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?lo?d?]
Noun
blot
- a sacrifice (especially a blood sacrifice by heathens)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?l?d?]
Verb
blot
- imperative of blotte
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?lo?d?]
Verb
blot
- imperative of blote
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German bl?t (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”). Spelling variant of bloot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?blo??t]
Adverb
blot
- only, merely
Synonyms
- blots, man
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, ?ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Luxembourgish
Adjective
blot
- neuter nominative of blo
- neuter accusative of blo
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bl?t?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blo?t/
Noun
bl?t n
- a sacrifice, especially a blood sacrifice by heathens
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