Standard Lemma guide

stem

name · noun · verb · 44 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • stĕm
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /stɛm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US, pin-pen-merger: /stɪm/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /stem/
  • rhymes with -ɛm
  • homophone: stim (pin–pen merger)
  • /stɛm/
  • homophone: stem
  • CMU ARPABET: S T EH1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A branch of a family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A branch of a family.

A branch, or group of branches, located outside a family or other cladistic group, but which is more closely related to that group than to any other taxon of the same rank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the stem of an apple or a cherry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A person's leg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The penis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A vertical stroke of a letter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tail, virgula

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: precisely

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

The front part of a vessel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • from stem to stern

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bow, fore, forestem, prow, beak, prore

Antonyms: stern, aft, poop

17

noun

Meaning 17

A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

Alternative form of steem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

Alternative form of STEM.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

Alternative spelling of stemme (“lesbian who combines stud and femme traits”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

Acronym of scanning transmission electron microscope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To remove the stem from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To be caused or derived; to originate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To descend in a family line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to stem a tide

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To use a stance with the feet spread apart, bracing them in opposite directions against the two walls of a chimney or dihedral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

noun

Meaning 35

a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stem turn

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turn, turning

36

noun

Meaning 36

front part of a vessel or aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bow, fore, prow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: front

37

noun

Meaning 37

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cylinder

38

noun

Meaning 38

the tube of a tobacco pipe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tube, tubing

39

noun

Meaning 39

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thematic vowels are part of the stem

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: root, root word, base, theme, radical

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form, word form, signifier, descriptor

40

noun

Meaning 40

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stalk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant organ

Narrower terms: gynophore, carpophore, cornstalk, corn stalk, filament, funicle, funiculus, petiolule, cane, sporangiophore, cutting, slip, tuber, rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk, axis, caudex, beanstalk, cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade, stock, stipe, scape, flower stalk, petiole, leafstalk, bulb, corm, branch, culm, haulm, halm, trunk, tree trunk, bole

41

verb

Meaning 41

remove the stem from

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw

42

verb

Meaning 42

stop the flow of a liquid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • staunch the blood flow
  • stem the tide

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stanch, staunch, halt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: check

43

verb

Meaning 43

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The increase in the national debt stems from the last war

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: originate in

44

verb

Meaning 44

cause to point inward

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stem your skis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: orient

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *stéh2mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *sth2mnís Proto-Germanic *stamniz Proto-West Germanic *stamni Old English stemn Middle English stemme English stem From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand, stay”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch stam (“stem”), German Stamm (“stem”), Danish and Norwegian stamme (“stem”), Danish stavn, stævn (“stem of a boat”), Faroese stavnur (“stem of a boat”), stovnur (“institution, public body, foundation, basis”), Icelandic stafn (“stem of a boat”), stofn (“trunk, stock, livestock, stem”), Norn stomna, stimna (“strength, ability”), Swedish stäm (“tree trunk, stem”), stäv (“stem of a boat”), stomme (“frame, structure”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma, “substantial grounds, just cause”), Asturian estame (“stamen”), Aragonese estambre (“stamen”), Catalan estam (“stamen”), French étaim (“yarn”), Galician estame (“stamen, yarn”), Italian stame (“stamen”), Portuguese estame (“stem, yarn”), Spanish Spanish estambre (“stamen, a type of yarn”), Latin stāmen (“warp of a loom, thread hanging from a distaff”), Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma, “stamen of a flower”), στάμνος (stámnos, “earthen jar, bottle for racking off wine”), Albanian shtamë (“pot, jar, pitcher, jug”), Sanskrit स्थामन् (sthā́man, “place, strength”). Doublet of stamen. Not related to English stoma, which is a Greek loan inherited through New Latin.

Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.

Blend of stud + femme.

From Middle English stemmen, a borrowing from Old Norse stemma (“to stop, stem, dam”) (whence Danish stemme/stæmme (“to stem, dam up”)), from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Cognate with German stemmen, Middle Dutch stemmen, stempen. Compare stammer.

Across languages

Translations

428 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: nəsil — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Azerbaijani: soy — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Belarusian: род (rod) — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Bulgarian: род (rod) — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Finnish: sukujuuri — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Finnish: suku — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • German: Geschlecht — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • German: Stamm — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • German: Herkunft — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Hungarian: eredet — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Hungarian: származás — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Italian: ceppo — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Italian: ramo — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Italian: linea di discendenza — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Italian: linea — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Portuguese: ramo — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Russian: род (rod) — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Ukrainian: рід (rid) — stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors
  • Azerbaijani: qol — branch of a family
  • Finnish: haara — branch of a family
  • Finnish: sukuhaara — branch of a family
  • German: Zweig — branch of a family
  • German: Seitenlinie — branch of a family
  • Hungarian: ág — branch of a family
  • Hungarian: nemzetség — branch of a family
  • Italian: ceppo — branch of a family
  • Italian: ramo — branch of a family
  • Italian: linea — branch of a family
  • Swedish: gren — branch of a family
  • Finnish: johto — advanced or leading position
  • Italian: vertice — advanced or leading position
  • Arabic: سَاق نَبَات (sāq nabāt) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Armenian: ցողուն (cʻoġun) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Assamese: ঠাৰি (thari) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Azerbaijani: gövdə — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Basque: zurtoin — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Bats: ღერო̂ (ɣerô) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Belarusian: ствол (stvol) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Bulgarian: стъбло́ (stǎbló) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Bulgarian: стрък (strǎk) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Catalan: tall — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Catalan: tija — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 莖 /茎 (jīng) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹幹 /树干 (shùgàn) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Danish: stængel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Dutch: stam — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Dutch: stengel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Dutch: steel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Esperanto: spiktrunko — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Finnish: varsi — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Finnish: runko — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • French: tige — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Georgian: ღერო (ɣero) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • German: Stamm — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • German: Sprossachse — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Greek: μίσχος (míschos) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Ancient Greek: καυλός (kaulós) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Hebrew: גִּבְעוֹל (giv'ol) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Higaonon: poon — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • White Hmong: kav — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Hungarian: szár — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Interlingua: stirpe — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Italian: ceppo — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Italian: fusto — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Italian: tronco — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Italian: gambo — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Japanese: 茎 (kuki) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Japanese: 幹 (miki) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Khmer: ទង (tɔɔng) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Khmer: ធាង (thiəng) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Korean: 경 (gyeong) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Northern Kurdish: qed — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Latin: stirps — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Latin: caulis — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Latvian: stiebrs — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Latvian: stiebrs — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Latvian: stumbrs — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Laz: ღერი (ğeri) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Lithuanian: stiebas — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Low German: Stamm — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Low German: Stängel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Low German: Steel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Macedonian: страк (strak) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Macedonian: стебло (steblo) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Macedonian: дршка (drška) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Māori: tā — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Māori: tātā — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Māori: tōtō — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Māori: kākaka — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Māori: kakau — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Minangkabau: batang — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Mingrelian: ღერი (ɣeri) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Mongolian: сүрэл (sürel) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Classical Nahuatl: quiyōtl — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Nepali: डाँठ (ḍā̃ṭh) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Norman: tigue — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stengel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stengel — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Occitan: tija — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Persian: ساقه (sâqe) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Persian: ستاک (setâk) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Plautdietsch: Staum — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Polish: badyl — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Portuguese: caule — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Romanian: tulpină — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Romanian: trunchi — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Russian: ствол (stvol) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Russian: сте́бель (stébelʹ) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Saanich: SȾESTASEs — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: stabljika — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Slovak: steblo — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Spanish: tallo — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Svan: ღე̄რ (ɣēr) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Swahili: shina — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Swedish: stjälk — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Tagalog: punungtangkay — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Thai: ก้าน (gâan) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Tocharian B: pere — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Turkish: gövde — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Ottoman Turkish: صاپ (sap) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوزدك (özdek) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Ukrainian: стебло́ (stebló) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Vietnamese: thân — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Yiddish: שטאַם (shtam) — botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Bulgarian: дръ́жка (drǎ́žka) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: vana — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: kukkavana — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: kukkavarsi — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: lehtiruoti — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: ruoti — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: ruoto — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • French: tige — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • German: Stängel — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • German: Stiel — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • German: Halm — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • German: Strunk — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Greek: κοτσάνι (kotsáni) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Hungarian: nyél — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Hungarian: kocsány — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Hungarian: szár — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Italian: gambo — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Italian: picciolo — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Italian: peduncolo — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Italian: stelo — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Japanese: 茎 (kuki) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Japanese: 軸 (jiku) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Macedonian: страк (strak) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Macedonian: стебло (steblo) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Macedonian: дршка (drška) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Māori: tā — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Māori: tātā — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Polish: ogonek — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Portuguese: haste — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Romanian: peduncul — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Romanian: picior — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Romanian: coadă — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Russian: черено́к (čerenók) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Russian: цветоно́жка (cvetonóžka) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Russian: плодоно́жка (plodonóžka) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Slovak: stonka — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Swedish: stjälk — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Thai: ก้าน (gâan) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Ottoman Turkish: صاپ (sap) — slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Bulgarian: дръ́жка (drǎ́žka) — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Finnish: varsi — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Finnish: jalka — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • German: Stiel — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • German: Holm — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Hungarian: szár — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Italian: gambo — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Italian: stelo — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Japanese: 軸 (jiku) — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Japanese: 柄 (e) — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Macedonian: дршка (drška) — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Māori: kakau — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stett — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Polish: cybuch — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Russian: сте́ржень (stérženʹ) — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Spanish: vástago — narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Arabic: أَصْل (ʔaṣl) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Assamese: ঠাৰি (thari) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Azerbaijani: kök — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Belarusian: асно́ва (asnóva) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Belarusian: ко́рань (kóranʹ) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Breton: pennrann — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Bulgarian: ко́рен (kóren) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Catalan: arrel — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詞幹 /词干 (cígàn) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Czech: kmen — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Danish: stamme — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Dutch: stam — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Dutch: grondwoord — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Esperanto: stamo — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Estonian: tüvi — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Finnish: vartalo — linguistics: main part of a word
  • French: racine — linguistics: main part of a word
  • French: radical — linguistics: main part of a word
  • German: Wortstamm — linguistics: main part of a word
  • German: Stamm — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Greek: θέμα (théma) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Hungarian: tő — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Hungarian: szótő — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Hungarian: igető — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Indonesian: kata dasar — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Ingrian: sananpohja — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Italian: tema — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Italian: radice — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Japanese: 語幹 (gokan) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Khmer: មូលសព្ទ (muullaʼsap) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Korean: 어간 (eogan) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Latvian: celms — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Lithuanian: kamienas — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Macedonian: основа (osnova) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Eastern Mari: муттӱҥ (muttüŋ) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stamme — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Occitan: raiç — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Occitan: radical — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Persian: ستاک (setâk) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Polish: rdzeń — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Polish: temat — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Portuguese: radical — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Romanian: temă — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏снова — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍsnova — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Slovak: koreň — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Slovene: osnova — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Spanish: raíz — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Swedish: ordstam — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Swedish: stam — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Turkish: gövde — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Ukrainian: осно́ва (osnóva) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Ukrainian: ко́рінь (kórinʹ) — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Uzbek: negiz — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Welsh: bôn — linguistics: main part of a word
  • Finnish: pystyviiva — typography: vertical stroke of a letter
  • Finnish: kirjainrunko — typography: vertical stroke of a letter
  • Hungarian: szár — typography: vertical stroke of a letter
  • Russian: но́жка (nóžka) — typography: vertical stroke of a letter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 符桿 /符杆 (fúgǎn) — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Finnish: varsi — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • German: Notenhals — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Hungarian: szár — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Indonesian: tangkai not — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Italian: asta — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Italian: gamba — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Manx: arbyl — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Swedish: notskaft — music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Bulgarian: форщевен (foršteven) — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Catalan: roda — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Danish: stævn — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Dutch: voorsteven — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Faroese: stevni — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Finnish: keulavannas — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Finnish: kokkapuu — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Finnish: steevi — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • French: étrave — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Galician: roda — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • German: Vordersteven — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • German: Vorsteven — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • German: Steven — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Hungarian: hajóorr — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Hungarian: orr — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Icelandic: stefni — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Indonesian: stem — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Italian: ruota di prua — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Italian: dritto di prua — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Italian: tagliamare — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Norman: êtâne — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framstamn — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Polish: stewa — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Portuguese: talha-mar — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Russian: нос (nos) — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Russian: форште́вень (forštévenʹ) — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Slovak: prova — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Spanish: roda — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Swedish: stäv — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Swedish: förstäv — nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Czech: představec — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • Dutch: stuurpen — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • Finnish: ohjainkannatin — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • French: potence — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • German: Vorbau — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • Spanish: potencia — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • Spanish: tija de manillar — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • Spanish: vástago — Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
  • Armenian: ԳՏՃՄ (GTČM) — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 理工科 (lǐgōngkē) — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • Finnish: luma — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • French: STIM — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • German: MINT — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • Indonesian: STEM — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • Norwegian: MNT — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • Spanish: CTIM — acronym of science, technology, engineering, mathematics
  • Bulgarian: махам дръжките (maham drǎžkite) — to remove the stem from
  • Dutch: ontstelen — to remove the stem from
  • Dutch: ontnerven — to remove the stem from
  • Finnish: poistaa varsi — to remove the stem from
  • French: équeuter — to remove the stem from
  • German: entstielen — to remove the stem from
  • Hungarian: szárától megfoszt — to remove the stem from
  • Hungarian: szártalanít — to remove the stem from
  • Russian: отделя́ть — to remove the stem from
  • Slovak: koreniť — to remove the stem from
  • Swedish: härleda — to remove the stem from
  • Swedish: ta ut stam — to remove the stem from
  • Azerbaijani: törəmək — to be caused or derived
  • Azerbaijani: qaynaqlanmaq — to be caused or derived
  • Bulgarian: произхождам (proizhoždam) — to be caused or derived
  • Czech: pramenit z — to be caused or derived
  • Czech: pocházet — to be caused or derived
  • Czech: odvozovat se — to be caused or derived
  • Finnish: johtua — to be caused or derived
  • Finnish: aiheutua — to be caused or derived
  • Finnish: olla peräisin — to be caused or derived
  • Finnish: periytyä — to be caused or derived
  • French: résulter — to be caused or derived
  • French: découler — to be caused or derived
  • German: kommen von — to be caused or derived
  • German: herrühren von — to be caused or derived
  • German: sich begründen auf — to be caused or derived
  • German: seine Ursache haben in — to be caused or derived
  • German: verursacht werden — to be caused or derived
  • Hungarian: ered — to be caused or derived
  • Italian: derivare (da) — to be caused or derived
  • Japanese: 発端とする (hottan to suru) — to be caused or derived
  • Macedonian: потекнува (poteknuva) — to be caused or derived
  • Māori: take — to be caused or derived
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forårsake — to be caused or derived
  • Occitan: venir de — to be caused or derived
  • Occitan: provenir — to be caused or derived
  • Occitan: derivar — to be caused or derived
  • Polish: wywodzić się — to be caused or derived
  • Portuguese: derivar — to be caused or derived
  • Portuguese: originar — to be caused or derived
  • Russian: происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) — to be caused or derived
  • Russian: произойти́ (proizojtí) — to be caused or derived
  • Slovak: byť sposobený — to be caused or derived
  • Slovak: byť zapríčinený — to be caused or derived
  • Slovak: koreniť — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: arrancar [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: venir [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: proceder [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: dimanar [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: resultar [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: ser ocasionado [por] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: provenir [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: derivar [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: derivarse [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: ser producto [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: surgir [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Spanish: emanar [de] — to be caused or derived
  • Swedish: stamma — to be caused or derived
  • Swedish: härstamma — to be caused or derived
  • Swedish: härröra — to be caused or derived
  • Azerbaijani: törəmək — to descend in a family line
  • Azerbaijani: nəslindən olmaq — to descend in a family line
  • Czech: pocházet — to descend in a family line
  • Estonian: põlvnema — to descend in a family line
  • Finnish: polveutua — to descend in a family line
  • French: provenir — to descend in a family line
  • German: stammen — to descend in a family line
  • German: abstammen — to descend in a family line
  • German: herstammen — to descend in a family line
  • Hungarian: származik — to descend in a family line
  • Italian: discendere — to descend in a family line
  • Macedonian: потекнува (poteknuva) — to descend in a family line
  • Occitan: descendre — to descend in a family line
  • Portuguese: descender — to descend in a family line
  • Russian: происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) — to descend in a family line
  • Russian: произойти́ (proizojtí) — to descend in a family line
  • Slovak: pochádzať — to descend in a family line
  • Spanish: descender — to descend in a family line
  • Swedish: stamma — to descend in a family line
  • Finnish: ohjata kohti (jotakin) — to direct the stem of a ship against something
  • Bulgarian: тараня (taranja) — to hit with the stem of a ship; to ram
  • Finnish: puskea — to hit with the stem of a ship; to ram
  • Finnish: täyttää edestä — to ram something into a blasting hole
  • Finnish: tehdä esitäyttö — to ram something into a blasting hole
  • Bulgarian: заприщвам (zaprištvam) — to stop, hinder
  • Bulgarian: преграждам (pregraždam) — to stop, hinder
  • Dutch: stoppen — to stop, hinder
  • Dutch: hinderen — to stop, hinder
  • Dutch: stelpen — to stop, hinder
  • Finnish: padota — to stop, hinder
  • Finnish: seisauttaa — to stop, hinder
  • Finnish: tyrehdyttää — to stop, hinder
  • French: arrêter — to stop, hinder
  • German: aufhalten — to stop, hinder
  • German: hemmen — to stop, hinder
  • German: entgegenstemmen — to stop, hinder
  • German: eindämmen — to stop, hinder
  • German: stillen — to stop, hinder
  • German: gegen etwas ankämpfen — to stop, hinder
  • Greek: σταματώ (stamató) — to stop, hinder
  • Hungarian: elállít — to stop, hinder
  • Hungarian: leállít — to stop, hinder
  • Hungarian: meggátol — to stop, hinder
  • Hungarian: megakaszt — to stop, hinder
  • Irish: coisc — to stop, hinder
  • Italian: arrestare — to stop, hinder
  • Italian: tamponare — to stop, hinder
  • Japanese: 堰止める (sekitomeru) — to stop, hinder
  • Persian: بند آوردن (band âvardan) — to stop, hinder
  • Polish: tamować — to stop, hinder
  • Portuguese: parar — to stop, hinder
  • Russian: проти́виться (protívitʹsja) — to stop, hinder
  • Russian: заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) — to stop, hinder
  • Russian: ока́зывать сопротивле́ние (okázyvatʹ soprotivlénije) — to stop, hinder
  • Russian: препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) — to stop, hinder
  • Swedish: stoppa — to stop, hinder
  • Swedish: hejda — to stop, hinder
  • Swedish: hindra — to stop, hinder
  • Swedish: stämma — to stop, hinder
  • Swedish: dämma — to stop, hinder
  • Bulgarian: карам на рало (karam na ralo) — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Czech: plužit — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Czech: zaplužit — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Finnish: aurata — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • French: faire le chasse-neige — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • German: im Schneepflug fahren — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • German: ausstemmen — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Hungarian: fékez — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Italian: aprire lo spazzaneve — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Japanese: シュテムする (shutemu suru) — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Russian: тормози́ть "плу́гом" (tormozítʹ "plúgom") — skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Swedish: ploga — skiing: to point the skis inward