estigma

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈtiɡ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈtiɡ.ma]

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estigma m (plural estigmes)

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

• estigmàtic
• estigmatisme

• estigmatitzar

• “estigma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• Hyphenation: es‧tig‧ma

estigma m (plural estigmas)

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

• estigmatizar

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

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

estigma m (plural estigmas)

1. (botany, pathology, zoology, figuratively) stigma

• “estigma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28