stigma

 

 

• stigmat (Anglicised long stem)
• stigmate
• stigme (Anglicised short stem, obsolete, rare)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪɡmə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡmə

stigma (plural stigmata or stigmas)

1. A mark of infamy or disgrace.

   stigma of mental health disorders

   1. Discriminatory attitudes. [2000?–]

      stigma towards mental health

2. A scar or birthmark.
3. (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.
4. (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?

6. (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!

7. (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.

• orbicular stigma
• social stigma
• stigmatic
• stigmatize

 

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.

stigma (plural stigmas)

1. (typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).

• “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

• mistag

Borrowed from Latin stigma.

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɪɡma]
• Hyphenation: stig‧ma

stigma n

1. stigma, stain

From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”).

• IPA^(key): /stiːma/, [ˈsd̥iːma] or IPA^(key): /stikma/, [ˈsd̥iɡ̊ma]

stigma n (singular definite stigmaet, plural indefinite stigmata)

1. stigma

• stigmatisere ("stigmatize")
• stigmatisering ("stigmatization")

•   stigma on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

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stigma n (plural stigma's or stigmata, diminutive stigmaatje n)

1. stigma (mark of infamy or disgrace)
2. (Christianity) stigma (wound on Christ's body)
3. stigma (Greek ligature)

•   stigma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Internationalism (see English stigma), ultimately from Latin stigma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiɡmɑ/, [ˈs̠tiɡmɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɡmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): stig‧ma

stigma

1. stigma

• “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

 

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stigma

Wikipedia ^fr

From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”).

• IPA^(key): /stiɡ.ma/

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stigma m (plural stigmas)

1. 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.

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

stigma m (plural stigmi)

1. stigma (all senses)

stigma m or f (invariable)

1. stigma (Greek ligature)

• stigmata
• stigmatizzare

• stigma¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• stigma² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/, [ˈs̠t̪ɪɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/, [ˈst̪iɡmä]

From the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension

1. brand (burned mark, especially on a slave)

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• distigmus

Collateral form of stemma.

stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension

1. medieval spelling of stemma

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• “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

 

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stigma

Wikipedia ^sv

stigma n

1. 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

2. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) a stigma

The Latin plural stigmata is usually only used in the Christian sense.

• stigmatisera

• stigma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stigma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stigma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

 

Borrowed from English stigma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪɡma/

stigma m (plural stigmâu, not mutable)^[1]

1. stigma, sign of disgrace

   Synonyms: gwarthnod, haearnod

2. stigma, mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
3. (botany) stigma^[2]

   Synonyms: nodyn, blaenig