English
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Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”), from στίζω (stízō, “I mark”). Distantly related to stick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɪɡmə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɡmə
Noun
stigma (plural stigmata or stigmas)
- A mark of infamy or disgrace.
- stigma of mental health disorders
- Discriminatory attitudes. [2000?–]
- stigma towards mental health
- 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's body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
- (literary, figurative) An outward sign; an indication.
- (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
- Synonym: (obsolete) summit
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Stigma_uc_lc.svg/220px-Stigma_uc_lc.svg.png)
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.
Noun
stigma (plural stigmas)
Translations
Further reading
- “stigma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “stigma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
stigma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
stigmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
stigma (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
stigma n
Declension
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stigma n (singular definite stigmaet, plural indefinite stigmata)
Inflection
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | stigma | stigmaet | stigmata | stigmataene |
genitive | stigmas | stigmaets | stigmatas | stigmataenes |
Related terms
Further reading
stigma on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
stigma n (plural stigma's or stigmata, diminutive stigmaatje n)
- stigma (mark of infamy or disgrace)
- (Christianity) stigma (wound on Christ's body)
- stigma (Greek ligature)
Derived terms
Further reading
stigma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English stigma), ultimately from Latin stigma.
Pronunciation
Noun
stigma
Declension
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 stigmain rare | |
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 | |
abessive | stigmatta | stigmoitta | |
instructive | — | stigmoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
- “stigma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- Contrary to how the eye might lead you to believe, stigma isn't a Greek terminal sigma: in effect, it's the evolution of the ligature of a lunate sigma with a tau.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).
Noun
stigma m (plural stigmi)
- stigma (all senses)
Noun
stigma m or f (invariable)
- stigma (Greek ligature)
Related terms
Further reading
- stigma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- stigma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/, [ˈs̠t̪ɪɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/, [ˈst̪iɡmä]
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).
Noun
stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension
- brand (burned mark, especially on a slave)
Declension
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 |
Descendants
- Catalan: estigma
- English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
- French: stigmate
- Galician: estigma
- Irish: stiogma
- Italian: stigma
- Polish: stygmat
- Portuguese: estigma
- Romanian: stigmă
- Spanish: estigma
Etymology 2
Collateral form of stemma.
Noun
stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension
- medieval spelling of stemma
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | stigma | stigmata |
Genitive | stigmatis | stigmatum |
Dative | stigmatī | stigmatibus |
Accusative | stigma | stigmata |
Ablative | stigmate | stigmatibus |
Vocative | stigma | stigmata |
References
- “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
Swedish
Noun
stigma n
- a stigma (something strongly looked down upon)
- att ha många barn har gått från stigma till status
- to have many children has gone from stigma to status
- (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) a stigma
Usage notes
The Latin plural stigmata is usually only used in the Christian sense.
Declension
Declension of stigma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stigma | stigmat | stigman | stigmana |
Genitive | stigmas | stigmats | stigmans | stigmanas |
Related terms
References
- stigma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stigma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stigma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Welsh
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
stigma m (plural stigmâu, not mutable)[1]
- stigma, sign of disgrace
- stigma, mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
- (botany) stigma[2]
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
stigma | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “stigma”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ “Cylchred bywyd planhigyn”, in Gwyddoniaeth — Pethau byw — Planhigion[1] (in Welsh), BBC Bitesize, 2024, archived from the original on 2024-02-07, retrieved 2024-02-07