OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13549

lemma

/ˈlɛmə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lema
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.
For the second sense, where "word" means "item that should have its own dictionary entry," lexicographers sometimes use the term "lemma," but that has other meanings too, so among…
Holonym: lexeme (holonymous sense)
Word forms