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Meaning of lemma

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lemma

Pronunciation:/ˈlɛmə/

noun

Definitions

  1. A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

  2. 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.

  3. (psycholinguistics) 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.

lemma

Pronunciation:/ˈlɛmə/

noun

Definitions

  1. The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.

  2. One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.