gema

See also: Gema

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: gè‧ma

Verb

gema

  1. inflection of gemere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams


Lombard

Alternative forms

  • gèmma (Classical Milanese Orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛma/ (Milanese)

Noun

gema f

  1. (botany) bud, shoot
  2. gem (precious stone)

Malay

Noun

gema (Jawi spelling ݢما, plural gema-gema, informal 1st possessive gemaku, 2nd possessive gemamu, 3rd possessive gemanya)

  1. echo.

Synonyms

Further reading


Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒẽ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒe.ma/

  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gemma (bud on a plant).

Noun

gema f (plural gemas)

  1. yolk (yellow part of an egg)
  2. gem (precious stone)
  3. (botany) bud, shoot (newly formed leaf or flower)
  4. (figurative) something which is pure or authentic
    Sou português de gema.I'm a true Portuguese.
Derived terms
  • ser de gema

Further reading

  • gema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gema

  1. inflection of gemer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemma (bud, precious stone, jewel). Doublet of yema. According to Coromines and Pascual, a recent learned borrowing not registered even in the 18th-century first edition of the DRAE (Diccionario de Autoridades).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxema/ [ˈxe.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: ge‧ma

Noun

gema f (plural gemas)

  1. gem
    Synonym: piedra preciosa
  2. (botany) bud, shoot
    Synonyms: botón, yema

Further reading


Volapük

Noun

gema

  1. genitive singular of gem
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