lemma

See also: Lemma

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmə

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Noun

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

  1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  2. (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found in dictionaries.
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lemma.
  3. (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.
Synonyms
  • (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form
Antonyms
  • (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): non-lemma

Translations

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Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).

Noun

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

  1. (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
  2. (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
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Further reading

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Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Noun

lemma n

  1. (mathematics) lemma
  2. (linguistics) lemma (canonical form of a term)

Further reading

  • lemma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lemma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.maː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lem‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ɛmaː

Noun

lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive [please provide])

  1. (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted propisition used in a proof)
  2. (linguistics) lemma (canonical form of a term, dictionary form)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlemːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: lem‧ma

Noun

lemma

  1. (linguistics) lemma
  2. (mathematics) lemma

Declension

Inflection of lemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lemma lemmat
genitive lemman lemmojen
partitive lemmaa lemmoja
illative lemmaan lemmoihin
singular plural
nominative lemma lemmat
accusative nom. lemma lemmat
gen. lemman
genitive lemman lemmojen
lemmainrare
partitive lemmaa lemmoja
inessive lemmassa lemmoissa
elative lemmasta lemmoista
illative lemmaan lemmoihin
adessive lemmalla lemmoilla
ablative lemmalta lemmoilta
allative lemmalle lemmoille
essive lemmana lemmoina
translative lemmaksi lemmoiksi
instructive — lemmoin
abessive lemmatta lemmoitta
comitative — lemmoineen

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin lemma, from the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛmːa/
  • Hyphenation: lem‧ma

Noun

lemma m (plural lemmi)

  1. lemma
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lemma.
  2. entry (in a dictionary)

References

  • 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)
  • “lèmma¹” in Vocabolario Treccani on line

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/, [ˈɫɛm.ma]

Noun

lemma n (genitive lemmatis); third declension

  1. (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?)
  2. (transferred senses):
    1. the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject)
    2. the epigram itself
    3. a story, tale
    4. the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)
Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lemma lemmata
genitive lemmatis lemmatum
dative lemmatī lemmatibus
accusative lemma lemmata
ablative lemmate lemmatibus
vocative lemma lemmata
Derived terms
  • nūtrīcis lemmata
Descendants

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

  1. medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]

References

Swedish

Noun

lemma n

  1. a lemma[1] (the canonical, not inflected form of a word, a headword in a dictionary)
  2. (mathematics) a lemma (a proposition)

Declension

Declension of lemma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lemma lemmat lemman lemmana
Genitive lemmas lemmats lemmans lemmanas

Synonyms

  • lemmabestånd
  • lemmalakun
  • lemmalista
  • lemmaordbok
  • lemmaselektion
  • lemmatecken
  • lemmatisera
  • lemmatiserad
  • lemmatisering
  • lemmatisk

References

  1. ↑ Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN
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