stem Pronunciation: /stem/Translate stem | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of stemA. n 1 (of flower, leaf) tige (f); (of fruit) queue (f) 2 (of glass) pied (m)B. vtr (p prés etc -mm-) arrêter [flow]; enrayer [advance, tide]C. vi (p prés etc -mm-) to stem from = provenir destem in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of stem in the British & World English dictionary Definition of stem in the US English dictionary