English

Proper noun

Lemma

1. A female given name

German

Etymology

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

Noun

Lemma n ‎(genitive Lemmas, plural Lemmata)

1. lemma, headword
2. (mathematics) lemma (proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition)

Synonyms

• (mathematics): Hilfssatz

Derived terms

• Lemmagruppe f
• Lemmaliste f

English

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, usually) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found in dictionaries.
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lemma.
3. (linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.

Synonyms

• (linguistics: canonical form of a term): citation form

Antonyms

• (linguistics: canonical form of a term): non-lemma

Related terms

• dilemma
• sublemma
• tetralemma
• trilemma

Translations

See also

• basic form
• canonical form
• citation form
• dictionary form
• headword

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lemma ‎(plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.

Translations

Sister projects

• lemma (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (logic) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

lemma n

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

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

Synonyms

• (linguistics): perusmuoto
• (math): apulause

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:lemma.
2. entry (in a dictionary)

References

• “lèmma” in Ottorino Pianigiani’s Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana (1907–1926)
• “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
• “lèmma¹” in Vocabolario Treccani on line

Anagrams

• melma

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.

Derived terms

• nūtrīcis lemmata

Descendants

• French: lemme
• German: Lemma
• Italian: lemma
• Spanish: lema

References

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lemma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

• 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, 1883–1887)

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

Related terms

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

Synonyms

• uppslagsord

References

1. ↑ Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) ISBN 82-00-22901-7

• lemma in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)