stigma

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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.

Further reading

• “stigma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “stigma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• stigma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stigmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stigma (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mistag

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stigma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stigma n

1. stigma, stain

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stigma n (singular definite stigmaet, plural indefinite stigmata)

1. stigma

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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)

Further reading

• stigma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stigma

1. stigma

Further reading

• “stigma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiɡ.ma/

• Audio:

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Noun

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.

Etymology

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

Noun

stigma m (plural stigmi)

1. stigma (all senses)

Noun

stigma m or f (invariable)

1. stigma (Greek ligature)

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

Etymology 2

Collateral form of stemma.

Noun

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

References

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