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estigma

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

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Noun

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estigma m (plural estigmes)

  1. (historical, Christianity) stigma
  2. (figurative) stigma (indelible mark)
  3. (botany) stigma (part of the pistil)

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Etymology

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From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/, /isˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/, /esˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/

  • Hyphenation: es‧tig‧ma

Noun

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estigma m (plural estigmas)

  1. stigma (mark of infamy)
  2. (botany) stigma (part of the pistil)
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈtiɡma/ [esˈt̪iɣ̞.ma]
  • Rhymes: -iɡma
  • Syllabification: es‧tig‧ma

Noun

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estigma m (plural estigmas)

  1. (botany, pathology, zoology, figuratively) stigma
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 160:
      Las personas que muestran en la cara una mancha obscura, entre la negra, y violácea, nacieron con este feo estigma porque sus madres, durante el embarazo, tuvieron la imprudencia de contemplar algún eclipse de luna o de sol.
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