stem
noun
/stɛm/
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- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
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tige,
racine,
radical
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- (cycling) A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
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potence
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- (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
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étrave
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stem
verb
/stɛm/
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- (transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
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arrêter
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- (skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
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faire le chasse-neige
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stem
verb
/stɛm/
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- To descend in a family line.
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provenir
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- To be caused or derived; to originate.
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découler,
résulter
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équeuter
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STEM
noun
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- (uncountable) Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
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STIM
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stemming
noun
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- A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
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dépréfixation,
désuffixation,
racinisation
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