lemma

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Greek λήμμα (lḗmma), “‘auxiliary proposition’”).

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• Rhymes: -ɛmə

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lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
2. (linguistics, usually ) A canonical form of a term, particularly in the context of highly inflected languages.
3. (linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.

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• dilemma
• sublemma
• tetralemma
• trilemma

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Sister projects

• Wikipedia has a disambiguation page on “Lemma”. Wikipedia
• Wikipedia has an article on “Lemma (linguistics)”. Wikipedia: lemma (linguistics)
• Wikipedia has an article on “Lemma (logic)”. Wikipedia: lemma (logic)
• Wikipedia has an article on “Lemma (mathematics)”. Wikipedia: lemma (mathematics)

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lemma n.

1. lemma (mathematics)
2. lemma (linguistics) (canonical form of a term)