stemming

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmɪŋ

Verb

stemming

1. present participle and gerund of stem

Noun

stemming (countable and uncountable, plural stemmings)

1. (nautical) Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
2. A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
3. (by extension) To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
4. (climbing) The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.

Translations

removing affixes

• Czech: určit kmen slova pf
• French: dépréfixation (fr) f (for prefix), désuffixation (fr) f (for suffix)
• Portuguese: tronco (pt)

Dutch

Etymology

From stemmen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.mɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: stem‧ming

Noun

stemming f (plural stemmingen, diminutive stemminkje n)

1. mood, atmosphere
   • 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:

     Nee, de stemming zat er goed in.

     No, the atmosphere was great.

   Misschien morgen, ik ben vannacht niet in de stemming.

   Maybe tomorrow, I am not in the mood tonight.

2. vote, ballot (act or instance of voting)

   Het voorstel werd ter stemming voorgelegd.

   The proposal was put up to a vote.

3. (music) tuning, intonation

   De stemming was zuiver als een krols kattenkoor.

   The tuning was as well-pitched as a choir of cats in heat.

Derived terms

• feeststemming
• grafstemming
• rouwstemming
• stemmingswisseling

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From stemme +‎ -ing.

Noun

stemming f or m (definite singular stemminga or stemmingen, uncountable)

1. tuning (of pianos, guitars etc.)

   Det holder ikke stemmingen. ― It doesn't stay in tune.

References

• “stemming” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From stemme +‎ -ing.

Noun

stemming f (definite singular stemminga, uncountable)

1. tuning (of pianos, guitars etc.)