gema
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== Albanian ==
=== Noun ===
gema
indefinite nominative/accusative plural of gem
== Galician ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʃema/ [ˈʃe.mɐ]
Rhymes: -ema
Hyphenation: ge‧ma
=== Noun ===
gema f (plural gemas, reintegrationist norm)
reintegrationist spelling of xema
=== Further reading ===
“gema”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Malay ݢما (gema).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡema/ [ˈɡe.ma]
Rhymes: -ema
Syllabification: ge‧ma
=== Noun ===
gema (plural gema-gema)
echo:
(physics) a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer
(physics) an utterance repeating what has just been said
==== Synonyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“gema”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ma/
Rhymes: -ɛma
Hyphenation: gè‧ma
=== Verb ===
gema
inflection of gemere:
first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== Anagrams ===
mega-
== Lombard ==
=== Alternative forms ===
gèmma (Classical Milanese Orthography)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛma/ (Milanese)
=== Noun ===
gema f
(botany) bud, shoot
gem (precious stone)
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡema/ [ˈɡe.ma]
Hyphenation: ge‧ma
=== Noun ===
gema (Jawi spelling ݢما, plural gema-gema or gema2)
echo
Synonyms: gaung, guk
=== Further reading ===
"gema" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -emɐ
Hyphenation: ge‧ma
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”).
==== Noun ====
gema f (plural gemas)
yolk (yellow part of an egg)
gem (precious stone)
(botany) bud, shoot (newly formed leaf or flower)
Synonyms: broto, olho
===== Derived terms =====
==== Further reading ====
“gema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
gema
inflection of gemer:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
==== Further reading ====
“gema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“gema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin gemma (“bud, precious stone, jewel”). Doublet of yema. According to Coromines and Pascual, a recent learned borrowing not registered even in the 18th-century first edition of the DRAE (Diccionario de Autoridades).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈxema/ [ˈxe.ma]
Rhymes: -ema
Syllabification: ge‧ma
=== Noun ===
gema f (plural gemas)
gem
Synonym: piedra preciosa
(botany) bud, shoot
Synonyms: botón, yema
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: gema (dialectal, Castilianism)
=== Further reading ===
“gema”, 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
Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1991), “yema”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 775
== Volapük ==
=== Noun ===
gema
genitive singular of gem