lemma

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) enPR: lĕm'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/ (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɪmə/ Rhymes: -ɛmə Hyphenation: lem‧ma === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from the same root as λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). ==== Noun ==== lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. (in phrases, by extension) A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result. (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. Synonym: lexeme (synonymous sense) Holonym: lexeme (holonymous sense) For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma. (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. Coordinate term: lexeme ===== Synonyms ===== (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word”): non-lemma ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== basic form canonical form citation form dictionary form headword infinitive === Etymology 2 === From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”). ==== Noun ==== lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body. (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, ammel == Czech == === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɛma] Hyphenation: le‧m‧ma === Noun === lemma n (mathematics) lemma (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “lemma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “lemma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “lemma”, in Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny (in Czech), 2012–2020 == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.maː/ Hyphenation: lem‧ma Rhymes: -ɛmaː === Noun === lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n) (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof) (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form) ==== Derived terms ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlemːɑ/, [ˈle̞mːɑ̝] Rhymes: -emːɑ Syllabification(key): lem‧ma Hyphenation(key): lem‧ma === Noun === lemma (mathematics) lemma Synonym: apulause (linguistics) lemma Synonym: perusmuoto ==== Declension ==== == Hungarian == === Etymology === From English lemma and German Lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɛmːɒ] Hyphenation: lem‧ma Rhymes: -mɒ === Noun === lemma (plural lemmák) (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma ==== Declension ==== === References === == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛm.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛmma Hyphenation: lèm‧ma === Noun === lemma m (plural lemmi) (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma. entry (in a dictionary) ==== Related terms ==== lemmatico === Further reading === 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 λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeːm.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛm.ma] ==== Noun ==== lēmma n (genitive lēmmatis); third declension (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?) (transferred senses): the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject) the epigram itself story, tale 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 ===== nūtrīcis lēmmata ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: lema 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 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛm.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛmma Syllabification: lem‧ma === Noun === lemma f (linguistics, lexicography) lemma ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “lemma”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). === Noun === lemma n lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary) (mathematics) lemma (a proposition) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== uppslagsord ==== Related terms ==== === References === “lemma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)