stromë

• IPA^(key): /ˈstromə/
• Rhymes: -omə

Borrowed from Greek στρώμα (stróma). Compare strugë, strum, shtrungë.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• shtromë — only sense 1

stromë f (plural stromë, definite stroma, definite plural stromët)

2. mattress, bed

   Synonyms: dyshek, shtrojë

3. bedspread, bedsheet
4. saddle padding, saddlecloth
5. synonym of lehe or vllajë

• “stróm/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1797a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “štriń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 418

Internationalism, compare French stroma, Italian stroma, German Stroma. Ultimately a doublet of the homograph above.

stromë f (plural stromë, definite stroma, definite plural stromët) (medicine, biology)

1. stroma (organ tissue)

• “stróm/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 1797a

Compare synonymous strokë, kromë (“scabies”).

stromë f (dialectal)

1. scabies

   Synonyms: zgjebe, strokë, kromë

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a

Perhaps a semantic shift from § Etymology 1.

stromë f (dialectal)

1. big, coarse woman

   stromë e keqe ― old hag

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a