estigma
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈtiɡ.mə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈtiɡ.ma]
=== Noun ===
estigma m (plural estigmes)
(historical, Christianity) stigma
(figurative) stigma (indelible mark)
(botany) stigma (part of the pistil)
==== Derived terms ====
estigmàtic
estigmatisme
==== Related terms ====
estigmatitzar
=== Further reading ===
“estigma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
stigma (dated spelling)
=== Etymology ===
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧tig‧ma
=== Noun ===
estigma m (plural estigmas)
stigma (mark of infamy)
(botany) stigma (part of the pistil)
==== Related terms ====
estigmatizar
=== Further reading ===
“estigma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estigma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esˈtiɡma/ [esˈt̪iɣ̞.ma]
Rhymes: -iɡma
Syllabification: es‧tig‧ma
=== Noun ===
estigma m (plural estigmas)
(botany, pathology, zoology, figuratively) stigma
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“estigma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025