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Stem Definition

stem

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old English stemn, stefn (“stem, trunk (of a tree)”), from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.

Noun

stem (plural stems)

  1. (botany) The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
  2. A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogue the shaft of a feather.
  3. A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
  4. (linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
  5. (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
  6. (music) A vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music.
  7. (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
Derived terms
terms derived from stem (noun)
Translations
botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant
  • Armenian: ցողուն (hy) (c’oġun)
  • Dutch: stam (nl) m., stengel (nl) m., steel (nl) m.
  • Finnish: varsi (fi), runko (fi)
  • French: tige (fr) f.
  • Georgian: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Stamm (de) m.
  • Hungarian: szár (hu), törzs (hu)
  • Italian: ceppo (it) m., fusto (it), tronco (it)
  • Japanese: (flower, glass) 茎 (ja) (kuki); (trunk) 幹 (ja) (miki)
  • Latvian: stiebrs (lv) m., stiebrs (lv)
  • Lithuanian: stiebas (lt)
  • Macedonian: страк (mk) (strak) m., стебло (mk) (stéblo) n., дршка (mk) (d’rška) f.
  • Portuguese: caule (pt)
  • Romanian: tulpină (ro) f.
  • Russian: ствол (ru) m. (of a tree), стебель (ru) (st’éb'el’) m.
  • Spanish: tallo (es)
  • Swahili: shina (sw)
  • Swedish: stjälk (sv) c.
  • Thai: ก้าน (th) (gâan)
slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
  • Finnish: vana (fi), kukkavana (fi), kukkavarsi (fi), lehtiruoti (fi)
  • German: Stängel (de) m.
  • Hungarian: szár (hu)
  • Italian: gambo (it) m., picciolo (it) m., peduncolo (it) m., stelo (it) m.
  • Japanese: (flower) 茎 (ja) (kuki); (leaf, feather) 軸 (ja) (jiku)
  • Macedonian: страк (mk) (strak) m., стебло (mk) (stéblo) n., дршка (mk) (d’rška) f.
  • Russian: черенок (ru) (čerenók) m. (of a leaf or fruit), цветоножка (ru) (cv’etonóžk) f. (of a flower), плодоножка (ru) (plodonóžka) f. (of a fruit)
  • Swedish: stjälk (sv) c.
  • Thai: ก้าน (th) (gâan)
narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
  • Japanese: (wine glass, tobacco pipe) 軸 (ja) (jiku); (spoon) 柄 (ja) (e)
  • Macedonian: дршка (mk) (d'rška) f.
  • Russian: стержень (ru) (st’éržen’) m.
linguistics: main part of a word
  • Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
  • Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
  • Czech: kmen (cs) m.
  • Dutch: stam (nl) m., grondwoord (nl) n.
  • Finnish: vartalo (fi)
  • French: racine (fr) f., radical (fr) m.
  • Georgian: please add this translation if you can
  • Georgian: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Wortstamm (de) m., Stamm (de) m.
  • Hungarian: tő (hu), szótő (hu), igető (hu)
  • Italian: radice (it) f., radicale (it) m., tema (it) m.
  • Japanese: 語幹 (ja) (gokan)
  • Macedonian: основа (mk) (ósnova) f.
  • Polish: rdzeń (pl) m.
  • Romanian: please add this translation if you can
  • Romanian: please add this translation if you can
  • Russian: основа (ru) (osnóva) f.
  • Spanish: raíz (es) f.
  • Swedish: ordstam (sv) c., stam (sv) c.
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can
typography: vertical stroke of a letter
  • Finnish: pystyviiva (fi)
music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music
  • Swedish: notskaft (sv) n.
nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel
  • Danish: stævn (da)
  • Finnish: keulavannas (fi), kokkapuu (fi), steevi (fi)
  • French: étrave (fr) f.
  • German: Vordersteven (de) m.
  • Italian: prua (it)
  • Russian: нос (ru) (nos) m., форштевень (ru) (forštév’en’) m.
  • Swedish: stäv (sv)
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Verb

stem (third-person singular simple present stems, present participle stemming, simple past and past participle stemmed)

  1. To take out the stem from.
  2. To be caused or derived; to originate.
    The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.
  3. To descend in a family line.
  4. To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
  5. (obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
      As when two warlike Brigandines at sea, / With murdrous weapons arm'd to cruell fight, / Doe meete together on the watry lea, / They stemme ech other with so fell despight, / That with the shocke of their owne heedlesse might, / Their wooden ribs are shaken nigh a sonder [...].
Translations
to descend
to be caused
  • Finnish: olla peräisin (fi), johtua (fi), aiheutua (fi), periytyä (fi)
  • German: kommen von (de), herrühren von (de)
  • Hungarian: ered (hu)
  • Italian: derivare (da) (it)
  • Japanese: 発端とする (ja) (hottan to suru)
  • Macedonian: потекнува (mk) (potéknuva)
to take out the stem from something
  • Finnish: poistaa varsi
  • Hungarian: szárától megfoszt (hu), szártalanít (hu)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stemma (“to stop, stem, dam”) ( > Danish stemme/stæmme (“to stem, dam up”)), from Proto-Germanic *stamjan. Cognate with German stemmen; compare stammer.

Verb

stem (third-person singular simple present stems, present participle stemming, simple past and past participle stemmed)

  1. To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
    • stem a tide
  2. (skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
Synonyms
Translations
to stop, hinder
skiing: to point the skis inward
  • Japanese: シュテム (ja) (shutemu)
  • Swedish: ploga (sv)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *stemma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnō, *stemnō.

Pronunciation

Noun

stem f. and m. (plural stemmen, diminutive stemmetje)

  1. voice

Verb

stem

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stemmen.
  2. imperative of stemmen.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

stem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of stō
    1. "may I stand"
    2. "may I stay, may I remain"

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English stamp

Noun

stem

  1. stamp

 

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