English

Pronunciation

• stem, /stem/, /stem/

  Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

stem (stems )

1. The stalk or single supporting structure of a plant or fungus.
2. A narrow supporting structure of certain man-made objects, such as drinking glasses.
3. (linguistics) A part of an uninflected word to which endings may be added to form inflections of the word.
4. (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
5. (music) A vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music.

Derived terms

• stem cell
• brain stem

Translations

• Chinese: 茎; 詞根 , 词根
• Dutch: stam m, stengel m, steel m
• Finnish: kanta
• French: (1): tige f
• German: Wortstamm m,Stamm m
• Greek: μίσχος m
• Hebrew: שורש m
• Italian: gambo m
• Japanese: 茎 (くき, kuki), 幹 (みき, miki); 語幹 (ごかん , gokan)
• Korean: 줄기
• Portuguese: haste f
• Russian: стержень m (sterzhen')
• Spanish: vástago m
• Swedish: stam c (5); stjälk c (1); skaft n (2, 7); fot c (3, 4); ordstam c (5), stapel c (6); notskaft n (5)

Verb

to stem (stems , stemmed , stemming)

1. To descend
2. To take out the stem from a word
3. To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood)

Derived terms

• stem from

Translations

• Swedish: stamma , härstamma , härröra (1); härleda , ta ut stam (2); stoppa , hejda , hindra , stämma , dämma (3)

Dutch

Noun

stem

1. voice
2. vote