"νήμα" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Greek]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “yarn”). Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|νῆμα||yarn}} Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “yarn”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|νήματα|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} νήμα • (níma) n (plural νήματα), {{el-noun|n|νήματα}} νήμα • (níma) n (plural νήματα) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|νήμα|νήματα|νήματος|νημάτων|νήμα|νήματα|νήμα|νήματα|note=}} Forms: níma [romanization], νήματα [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], νήμα [nominative, singular], νήματα [nominative, plural], νήματος [genitive, singular], νημάτων [genitive, plural], νήμα [accusative, singular], νήματα [accusative, plural], νήμα [singular, vocative], νήματα [plural, vocative]
  1. (textiles) yarn Synonyms: κλωστή
    Sense id: en-νήμα-el-noun-7E5Zi9Dz Categories (other): Textiles, Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα': 22 37 41 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  2. (botany) filament
    Sense id: en-νήμα-el-noun-VpbRNf5- Categories (other): Botany, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 24 43 32 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα': 22 37 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 49 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 64 20 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (Internet) thread (series of messages) Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-νήμα-el-noun-RixDWAiG Categories (other): Internet, Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα': 22 37 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: αδράχτι (adráchti) (english: to spin), ανέμη (anémi) (english: yarn winder) [feminine], γνέθω (gnétho) (english: to spin), ηλακάτη (ilakáti) (english: distaff) [feminine], ρόκα (róka) (english: distaff) [feminine] Coordinate_terms (and see): ανθήρας m for botanical terms (anthíras) (english: anther)
Disambiguation of 'and see': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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