stigma

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪɡmə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡmə

Noun

stigma (plural stigmata or stigmas)

1. A mark of infamy or disgrace.

   stigma of mental health disorders

   1. Discriminatory attitudes.

      stigma towards mental health

2. A scar or birthmark.
3. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
4. (literary, figurative) An outward sign; an indication.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:

     Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?

5. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.

   Synonym: (obsolete) summit

   • 1982, Dennis Linde (lyrics and music), “Reproduction”, in Grease 2:

     Now you see just how the stamen gets its lusty dust onto the stigma / And why this frenzied chlorophyllous orgy starts in spring is no enigma!

6. (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.

Derived terms

• orbicular stigma
• social stigma
• stigmatic
• stigmatize

Translations

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.

Noun

stigma (plural stigmas)

1. (typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).

Translations

Further reading

• “stigma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “stigma”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• stigma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stigmata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stigma (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mistag

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stigma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: stig‧ma

Noun

stigma n

1. stigma, stain

Declension

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiːma/, or IPA^(key): /stikma/,

Noun

stigma n (singular definite stigmaet, plural indefinite stigmata)

1. stigma

Inflection

Related terms

• stigmatisere ("stigmatize")
• stigmatisering ("stigmatization")

Further reading

• stigma on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

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)

Derived terms

Further reading

• stigma on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stigma

1. stigma

Declension

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

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

stigma

Wikipedia ^fr

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.

Italian

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)

Related terms

• stigmata
• stigmatizzare

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/,

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

Noun

stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension

1. brand (burned mark, especially on a slave)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

• Catalan: estigma
• English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
• French: stigmate
• Galician: estigma
• Irish: stiogma
• Italian: stigma
• Polish: stygmat
• Portuguese: estigma
• Romanian: stigmă
• Spanish: estigma

Etymology 2

Collateral form of stemma.

Noun

stigma n (genitive stigmatis); third declension

1. medieval spelling of stemma

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• “stigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stigma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• stigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stigma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “2. stigma”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 991/2

Swedish

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

Usage notes

The Latin plural stigmata is usually only used in the Christian sense.

Declension

Related terms

• stigmatisera

References

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English stigma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪɡma/

Noun

stigma m (plural stigmâu, not mutable)

1. stigma, sign of disgrace

   Synonyms: gwarthnod, haearnod

2. stigma, mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
3. (botany) stigma

   Synonyms: nodyn, blaenig

Mutation

References