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Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from the same root as 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.
    • 1988 August 30, Malcolm W. Browne, “Intellectual Duel: Brash Challenge, Swift Response”, in The New York Times‎:
      "We finally did it, but we found the proof very, very hard," [Dr. Conway] said. "I remember my wife and I spending one entire afternoon just working on some tiny little lemmas involved in the proof."
    1. (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.
  3. (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)
    • 2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 17:
      For the second sense, where "word" means "item that should have its own dictionary entry," lexicographers sometimes use the term "lemma," but that has other meanings too, so among linguists the term lexeme is now standard, and I'll use it. For the different forms or shapes that belong to a lexeme we can use the term word-form.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
  5. (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
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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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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛma]
  • Hyphenation: le‧m‧ma

Noun

lemma n

  1. (mathematics) lemma
  2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)

Declension

Declension of lemma (ma-stem neuter reducible)
More information singular, plural ...

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)

  1. (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
  2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlemːɑ/, [ˈle̞mːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -emːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): lem‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): lem‧ma

Noun

lemma

  1. (mathematics) lemma
    Synonym: apulause
  2. (linguistics) lemma
    Synonym: perusmuoto

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More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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