stemmer

• Nom ayant plusieurs sens : il peut désigner un ouvrier qui ôte les tiges des feuilles de tabac ou qui fabrique des tiges pour fleurs artificielles ; un algorithme en linguistique informatique qui réduit les mots à leur racine ; une dame de mineur ; ou un appareil servant à retirer les queues des fruits.

A noun with multiple meanings: it can refer to a worker who strips stems from tobacco leaves or makes stems for artificial flowers; an algorithm used in computational linguistics to reduce words to their root form; a miner's tamping bar; or a device for removing stems from fruit.

1. Tobacco workerC1formal

   A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books.

   Ouvrier effeuilleur de tabac

   • The stemmer carefully removed the stems from the tobacco leaves.
   • He worked as a stemmer in the tobacco factory for years.
   • The stemmer's job required precision and speed.

2. Artificial flower makerC1formal

   A worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers.

   Façonneur de tiges de fleurs artificielles

   • The stemmer attached the wire stems to the silk petals.
   • She learned the trade of a stemmer from her grandmother.
   • The factory employed several stemmers for the artificial flower line.

3. C1formalIT

   An algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem.

   algorithme de racinisation

   • The search engine uses a stemmer to improve query results.
   • A good stemmer can handle irregular word forms.
   • The linguist developed a new stemmer for the language.

4. Mining toolC2formal

   A miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge.

   Bourroir

   • The miner used a stemmer to pack the explosive charge.
   • The stemmer was essential for safe blasting operations.
   • He carried the heavy stemmer into the tunnel.

   Synonymesrammer

5. Fruit processing deviceC1formal

   A device for removing stems from fruit, such as grapes or apples.

   Équeuteuse

   • The stemmer efficiently removed stems from the grapes.
   • The apple stemmer saved hours of manual labor.
   • They installed a new stemmer in the processing plant.