gema

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gema"

Albanian

Noun

gema

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of gem

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃema/ [ˈʃe.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: ge‧ma

Noun

gema f (plural gemas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xema

Further reading

• “gema”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ݢما (gema).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡema/ [ˈɡe.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: ge‧ma

Noun

gema (plural gema-gema)

1. echo:
   1. (physics) a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer
   2. (physics) an utterance repeating what has just been said

Synonyms

• gaung
• kumandang
• sipongang

Derived terms

• bergema
• menggema
• menggemai
• menggemakan
• penggema

• gema duga

Further reading

• “gema”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: gè‧ma

Verb

gema

1. inflection of gemere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• mega-

Lombard

Alternative forms

• gèmma (Classical Milanese Orthography)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛma/ (Milanese)

Noun

gema f

1. (botany) bud, shoot
2. gem (precious stone)

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡema/ [ˈɡe.ma]
• Hyphenation: ge‧ma

Noun

gema (Jawi spelling ݢما, plural gema-gema or gema²)

1. echo

   Synonyms: gaung, guk

Further reading

• "gema" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "gema" at PRPM first version)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒẽ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Hyphenation: ge‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”).

Noun

gema f (plural gemas)

1. yolk (yellow part of an egg)
2. gem (precious stone)
3. (botany) bud, shoot (newly formed leaf or flower)

   Synonyms: broto, olho

Derived terms

• de gema
• sal-gema

Further reading

• “gema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gema

1. inflection of gemer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemma (“bud, precious stone, jewel”). Doublet of yema. According to Coromines and Pascual, a recent learned borrowing not registered even in the 18th-century first edition of the DRAE (Diccionario de Autoridades).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxema/ [ˈxe.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: ge‧ma

Noun

gema f (plural gemas)

1. gem

   Synonym: piedra preciosa

2. (botany) bud, shoot

   Synonyms: botón, yema

Derived terms

• gemología

Descendants

• → Catalan: gema (dialectal, Castilianism)

Further reading

• “gema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1991), “yema”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 775

Volapük

Noun

gema

1. genitive singular of gem