From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα, from στίζω ("I mark").

• IPA: /ˈstɪɡmə/

stigma (plural stigmas or stigmata)

1. A mark of infamy or disgrace.

   stigma of mental health disorders

   1. Discriminatory attitudes. [2000?–]

      stigma towards mental health

2. A scar or birthmark.
3. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus's body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
4. (literary, figurative) An outward sign; an indication.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC ↗, page 65:

     Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?

5. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.

   Synonyms: summit

6. (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.

• French: stigmate
• German: Stigma
• Italian: marchio, stigma
• Portuguese: estigma
• Russian: клеймо́
• Spanish: estigma, sambenito

• French: stigmate
• German: Mal, Muttermal
• Russian: шрам
• Spanish: antojo, marca de nacimiento

• Italian: stigma, stimma
• Portuguese: chaga

• French: stigmate
• German: Narbe
• Italian: stigma
• Portuguese: estigma
• Russian: ры́льце
• Spanish: estigma

Partly from Ancient Greek στίγμα, and partly from the acrophonic value of its initial st- as well as the analogy with the name of sigma.

stigma (plural stigmas)

1. (typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).

• French: stigma
• Russian: сти́гма