Lemma - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlemə|  American pronunciation of the word lemma
Brit.  |ˈlemə|  British pronunciation of the word lemma

noun

- a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
- the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
- the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry

Word forms

noun
singular: lemma
plural: lemmas or lemmata
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