stigma
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”), from στίζω (stízō, “I mark”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stigma (plural stigmata or stigmas)
- A mark of infamy or disgrace.
- A scar or birthmark.
- (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
- (literary, figurative) An outward sign; an indication.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:
- Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?
- (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
- 1982, Dennis Linde (lyrics and music), “Reproduction”, in Grease 2:
- Now you see just how the stamen gets its lusty dust onto the stigma / And why this frenzied chlorophyllous orgy starts in spring is no enigma!
- (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
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Etymology 2Edit
Partly from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark, sign”), and partly from the acrophonic value of its initial st- as well as the analogy with the name of sigma.
NounEdit
stigma (plural stigmas)
TranslationsEdit
Further readingEdit
- stigma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- stigma in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- stigma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stigmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stigma (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stigma n
DeclensionEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stigma n (singular definite stigmaet, plural indefinite stigmata)
InflectionEdit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | stigma | stigmaet | stigmata | stigmataene |
genitive | stigmas | stigmaets | stigmatas | stigmataenes |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- stigma on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Internationalism (see English stigma), ultimately from Latin stigma.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stigma
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of stigma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | stigma | stigmat | |
genitive | stigman | stigmojen | |
partitive | stigmaa | stigmoja | |
illative | stigmaan | stigmoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | stigma | stigmat | |
accusative | nom. | stigma | stigmat |
gen. | stigman | ||
genitive | stigman | stigmojen stigmainrare | |
partitive | stigmaa | stigmoja | |
inessive | stigmassa | stigmoissa | |
elative | stigmasta | stigmoista | |
illative | stigmaan | stigmoihin | |
adessive | stigmalla | stigmoilla | |
ablative | stigmalta | stigmoilta | |
allative | stigmalle | stigmoille | |
essive | stigmana | stigmoina | |
translative | stigmaksi | stigmoiksi | |
instructive | — | stigmoin | |
abessive | stigmatta | stigmoitta | |
comitative | — | stigmoineen |
Possessive forms of stigma (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | stigmani | stigmamme |
2nd person | stigmasi | stigmanne |
3rd person | stigmansa |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stigma m (plural stigmas)
- stigma (Greek letter)
- Contrairement à ce que l'œil pourrait laisser croire, stigma n'est pas un sigma final grec : en effet, c'est l'évolution de la ligature d'un sigma lunaire avec un tau.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).
NounEdit
stigma m (plural stigmi)
- stigma (all senses)
NounEdit
stigma m or f (invariable)
- stigma (Greek ligature)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).
NounEdit
stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension
- brand (burned mark, especially on a slave)
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | stigma | stigmata |
Genitive | stigmatis | stigmatum |
Dative | stigmatī | stigmatibus |
Accusative | stigma | stigmata |
Ablative | stigmate | stigmatibus |
Vocative | stigma | stigmata |
DescendantsEdit
- Catalan: estigma
- English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
- French: stigmate
- Galician: estigma
- Irish: stiogma
- Italian: stigma
- Polish: stygmat
- Portuguese: estigma
- Spanish: estigma
Etymology 2Edit
Collateral form of stemma.
NounEdit
stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension
- medieval spelling of stemma
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | stigma | stigmata |
Genitive | stigmatis | stigmatum |
Dative | stigmatī | stigmatibus |
Accusative | stigma | stigmata |
Ablative | stigmate | stigmatibus |
Vocative | stigma | stigmata |
ReferencesEdit
- “stigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stigma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “stigma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “2. stigma”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 991/2
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
stigma n
- a stigma
- att ha många barn har gått från stigma till status
- to have many children has gone from stigma to status
- att ha många barn har gått från stigma till status
Usage notesEdit
- A Latin plural stigmata is also used.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of stigma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stigma | stigmat | stigman | stigmana |
Genitive | stigmas | stigmats | stigmans | stigmanas |