stigma

Other forms of stigma

plural

stigmata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stigma

What does stigma mean?

stigma means "the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stigma?

stigma has 2 syllables: stig-ma. The stress falls on "stig". In IPA it is /ˈstɪɡmə/.

What is another word for stigma?

Close synonyms include mark, brand, stain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stigma a common word?

stigma is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.