Stigmata are marks that appear on a person's hands and feet — and sometimes the side — that look like the wounds Christ received from the nails on the cross. In Christian belief, these marks appear on certain very holy people; St Francis of Assisi is the most famous case.

Stigmata are marks that appear on a person's hands and feetstigmata是出現在一個人手腳上的傷痕 — and sometimes the side有時候也會在身體側邊 — that look like the wounds Christ received from the nails on the cross看起來像基督被釘在十字架上的釘痕. In Christian belief, these marks appear on certain very holy people在基督教信仰裡，這些傷痕出現在某些非常聖潔的人身上; St Francis of Assisi is the most famous case聖方濟各就是最有名的例子

The word is plural, and it takes a plural verb: "the stigmata were photographed", not "was".

The word is plural這個字是複數形, and it takes a plural verb動詞要用複數: "the stigmata were photographed", not "was"要說『the stigmata were photographed』，不能說『was』

The singular is stigma. That singular is where students get surprised, because "stigma" in ordinary modern English usually means something else entirely — the shame society attaches to an illness or a situation ("the stigma of mental illness"). Both meanings grow from the same old root, a mark burnt or cut into the skin, but the plural "stigmata" is kept almost only for the religious sense. If you are talking about several kinds of social shame, English speakers say "stigmas".

The singular is stigma單數是stigma. That singular is where students get surprised學生常在這個單數形上感到意外, because "stigma" in ordinary modern English usually means something else entirely因為stigma在現代日常英文裡通常是完全不同的意思 — the shame society attaches to an illness or a situation指社會加諸在某種疾病或處境上的污名 ("the stigma of mental illness")（像『the stigma of mental illness精神疾病的污名』）. Both meanings grow from the same old root, a mark burnt or cut into the skin兩個意思都源自同一個古老字根，指皮膚上燒或刻出來的印記, but the plural "stigmata" is kept almost only for the religious sense但複數stigmata幾乎只留給宗教意義使用. If you are talking about several kinds of social shame如果是在講好幾種社會污名, English speakers say "stigmas"英語使用者會說stigmas

The word is formal and specialised: you meet it in religion, in history, and in horror films, not in everyday talk. Say it roughly stig-MAH-ta or STIG-ma-ta — both are heard.

The word is formal and specialised這個字正式又專門: you meet it in religion, in history, and in horror films出現在宗教、歷史和恐怖片裡, not in everyday talk不會出現在日常對話. Say it roughly stig-MAH-ta or STIG-ma-ta大概唸成stig-MAH-ta或STIG-ma-ta — both are heard兩種唸法都聽得到