lemmata

Betekenis (Engels)

plural of lemma

lemma

1. A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
2. (broadly) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
3. 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.
4. 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.

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lemma

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɛ.mə.tə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λήμμᾰτᾰ (lḗmmătă).