LEMMA

5 letters 9 Scrabble points /ˈlɛmə/

Definition of LEMMA

noun

  1. A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

  2. The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

  3. (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

Related words: citation form

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters L E M M A
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 9 points

Anagrams of LEMMA

Words that use the same letters:

MELAM

Words Containing "LEMMA"

ALEMMAL ANALEMMA ANALEMMAS ANALEMMATA ANALEMMATIC AXILEMMA AXILEMMAS AXILEMMATA AXOLEMMA BASILEMMA BLEMMATROPE DILEMMA DILEMMAS DILEMMATIC DILEMMATICAL DILEMMATICALLY ENDOLEMMA EPILEMMA EPILEMMAL EXOLEMMA

Words Starting with "LEMMA"

LEMMAS LEMMATA LEMMATIZE

Words Ending with "LEMMA"

ANALEMMA AXILEMMA AXOLEMMA BASILEMMA DILEMMA ENDOLEMMA EPILEMMA EXOLEMMA MYOLEMMA NEURILEMMA NEUROLEMMA OOLEMMA OVOLEMMA PLASMALEMMA POLYLEMMA SARCOLEMMA SEROLEMMA TELOLEMMA TETRALEMMA TRILEMMA