stem

Dutch (Brabantic)

/stɛm/

noun
Definitions
  • voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow
  • the ability to speak
  • vote
  • (obsolete) word
  • (phonetics) voice, property formed by vibration of the vocal cords

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch stemme inherited from Old Dutch *stemma inherited from Proto-Germanic *stebnō (voice).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stebnō

Gloss

voice

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

声

Emoji
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