estigma

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈtiɡ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈtiɡ.ma]

Noun

estigma m (plural estigmes)

1. (historical, Christianity) stigma
2. (figurative) stigma (indelible mark)
3. (botany) stigma (part of the pistil)

Derived terms

• estigmàtic
• estigmatisme

Related terms

• estigmatitzar

Further reading

• “estigma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /isˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /isˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /eʃˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /iʃˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/, /eʃˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈt͡ʃiɡ.ma/, /esˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈti.ɡmɐ/ [(i)ʃˈti.ɣmɐ]

• Hyphenation: es‧tig‧ma

Noun

estigma m (plural estigmas)

1. stigma (mark of infamy)
2. (botany) stigma (part of the pistil)

Related terms

• estigmatizar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtiɡma/ [esˈt̪iɣ̞.ma]
• Rhymes: -iɡma
• Syllabification: es‧tig‧ma

Noun

estigma m (plural estigmas)

1. (botany, pathology, zoology, figuratively) stigma

Related terms

• estigmatizar

 

Further reading

• “estigma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014