"dictionary form" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dictionary forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dictionary form (plural dictionary forms)
  1. The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb). Wikipedia link: Lemma (morphology) Synonyms: canonical form, citation form, basic form Related terms: headword, lemma, infinitive Translations: لَيمَّا (Arabic), sanakirjamuoto (Finnish), forme canonique [feminine] (French), Grundform [feminine] (German), Lemmaform [feminine] (German), Wörterbuchform [feminine] (German), szótári alak (Hungarian), 原形 (genkei) (Japanese), 辞書形 (jishokei) (Japanese), 원형 (wonhyeong) (Korean), بنواژه (bon-vâže) (Persian), مدخل (madxal) (Persian), forma słownikowa [feminine] (Polish), слова́рная фо́рма (slovárnaja fórma) [feminine] (Russian), начальная форма слова (načalʹnaja forma slova) (Russian), лемма (lemma) [feminine] (Russian), uppslagsord [neuter] (Swedish), grundform [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dictionary_form-en-noun-Zq0RuTIn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms with redundant script codes

Inflected forms

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