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stem.

voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/stɛm/
  1. voice, sound made by the mouth using airflow

    feminine
  2. the ability to speak

    feminine
    Zij is haar stem kwijt.
  3. vote

    feminine
  4. word

    feminine · obsolete
  5. voice, property formed by vibration of the vocal cords

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch stemme, from Old Dutch *stemma, from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic *stebnō, *stamnijō. Under influence of Latin vox (“voice, word”), it acquired the now obsolete sense of “word”.

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