See also: lemma

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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Lemma

  1. (rare) A female given name

Anagrams

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Etymology

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From the Latin lemma, from the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

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Noun

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Lemma n (strong, genitive Lemmas, plural Lemmata)

  1. lemma, headword
  2. (mathematics) lemma (proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition)
    Synonym: Hilfssatz

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Lemma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Lemma” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Lemma” in Duden online