Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lemma. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lemma.
Definitions and meaning of lemma
lemma
Pronunciation
(UK, General American) enPR: lĕm'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlɛmə/
(pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɪmə/
Rhymes: -ɛmə
Hyphenation: lem‧ma
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from the same root as λαμβάνω(lambánō, “I take”).
Noun
lemma (plurallemmasorlemmata)
(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.
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.
Synonyms
(linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word):citation form
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "linguistics"):non-lemma
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
basic form
canonical form
citation form
dictionary form
headword
infinitive
Etymology 2
From the Ancient Greekλέμμα(lémma), from λέπω(lépō, “I peel”).
Noun
lemma (plurallemmasorlemmata)
(botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
(botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
Derived terms
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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
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω(lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈlɛma]
Hyphenation: le‧m‧ma
Noun
lemman
(mathematics)lemma
(linguistics)lemma(the canonical form of an inflected word)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
lemma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
lemma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Latinlemma, from Ancient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω(lambánō, “I take”).
“lemma” on page 1,015/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
Probably a scribal error: ni → m.
Noun
lemmaf (genitivelemmae); 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’s 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 Greekλῆμμα(lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω(lambánō, “I take”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɛm.ma/
Rhymes: -ɛmma
Syllabification: lem‧ma
Noun
lemmaf
(linguistics, lexicography)lemma
Declension
Further reading
lemma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Ancient Greekλῆμμα(lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω(lambánō, “I take”).
Noun
lemman
lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)