name
Meaning 1
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Standard Lemma guide
lemma
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, UK: lĕm'ə
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General-American, UK: /ˈlɛmə/
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pin-pen-merger: /ˈlɪmə/
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rhymes with -ɛmə
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CMU ARPABET: L EH1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- Cat is a lemma, but cats is not.
- Holonym: lexeme (holonymous sense)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lexeme
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: heading, header, head
noun
Meaning 9
a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: proposition
noun
Meaning 10
the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flowering glume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: glume
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmmă, “premise, assumption”), from the same root as λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lămbắnō, “to take”).
From the Ancient Greek λέμμα (lémma), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”).
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَمْهِيدِيَّة (tamhīdiyya) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Armenian: լեմմա (lemma) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Bengali: লেমা (lema) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Bulgarian: ле́ма (léma) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Catalan: lema — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Chinese Mandarin: 引理 (yǐnlǐ) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Czech: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Danish: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Danish: hjælpesætning — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Dutch: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Esperanto: lemo — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Faroese: hjálparsetningur — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Finnish: apulause — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Finnish: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- French: lemme — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- German: Lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- German: Hilfssatz — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Greek: λήμμα (límma) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Hebrew: למה (léma) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Hebrew: טענת עזר (te'anát ézer) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Hindi: प्रमेयिका (prameyikā) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Hungarian: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Hungarian: segédtétel — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Hungarian: kiegészítő tétel — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Icelandic: hjálparsetning — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Italian: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Japanese: 補題 (hodai) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Korean: 보조정리 (bojojeongni) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Macedonian: лема (lema) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Norwegian Bokmål: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Polish: lemat — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Portuguese: lema — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Romanian: lemă — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Russian: ле́мма (lémma) — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Slovak: lema — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Spanish: lema — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Swedish: lemma — mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition
- Afrikaans: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Arabic: سُدَّة (sudda) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Arabic: لِيمَّا (līmmā) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Bengali: লেমা (lema) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Bulgarian: ле́ма (léma) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Catalan: lema — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Chinese Mandarin: 詞目 /词目 (címù) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Chinese Mandarin: 字詞 /字词 (zìcí) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Chinese Mandarin: 詞條 /词条 (cítiáo) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Chinese Mandarin: 詞元 /词元 (cíyuán) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Czech: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Danish: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Danish: opslagsord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Danish: stikord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Danish: opslagsform — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Dutch: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Esperanto: lemo — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Faroese: leitorð — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Finnish: perusmuoto — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Finnish: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- French: lemme — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- French: entrée — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- French: terme vedette — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- French: mot vedette — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- German: Lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- German: Stichwort — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Greek: λήμμα (límma) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Hungarian: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Hungarian: szótári szó — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Hungarian: lexéma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Hungarian: címszó — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Hungarian: lexikai egység — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Icelandic: fletta — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Icelandic: flettiorð — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Icelandic: uppflettimynd — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Ido: lemo — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Indonesian: lema — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Italian: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Japanese: レンマ (renma) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Korean: 올림말 (ollimmal) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Korean: 표제어 (pyojeeo) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Latin: lēmma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Macedonian: лема (lema) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Norwegian Bokmål: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppslagsord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Norwegian Bokmål: stikkord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Norwegian Nynorsk: oppslagsord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stikkord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Persian: مدخل (madxal) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Persian: بنواژه (bon-vâže) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Polish: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Portuguese: lema — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Romanian: lemă — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Russian: ле́мма (lémma) — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Slovak: lema — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Spanish: lema — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Swedish: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Swedish: uppslagsord — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Swedish: grundform — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Uzbek: lemma — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Vietnamese: mục từ — linguistics: canonical form of a term
- Faroese: niðara blómuøgn — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
- Finnish: ulkohelve — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
- Korean: 겉겨 (geotgyeo) — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
- Latin: lēmma — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
- Persian: پوشه (puše) — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
- Persian: گلوم (gelum) — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
- Persian: سبوسه (sabuse) — botany: one of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses
Real reading context