mem
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɛm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛm
Etymology 1
editFrom Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /mem/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”). Doublet of mu.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editmem (plural mems)
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editmem (plural mems)
- (slang) Clipping of memory.
- 2023 October 23, Rachel Varina, “How to Get Over a Breakup So You Can *Actually* Move On and Heal”, in Cosmopolitan[2]:
- 6. Throw Away the Mems [chapter title] ¶ Now that you’ve got some theme music, it’s time to take that old teddy bear and V-Day card and toss ‘em in the dumpster.
- (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing.
See also
editAnagrams
editAzerbaijani
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmem (definite accusative memi, plural memlər)
Further reading
edit- mem on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
- İnternet memi on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmem m (plural mems)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mem” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2024.
- mem on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
- mem d'Internet on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Czech
editNoun
editmem m inan
Declension
editRelated terms
edit- memetika f
Esperanto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editParticle
editmem
- -self, -selves
- 1998, Henrik Ibsen, translated by Odd Tangerud, Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj[3]:
- KROGSTAD. Vere ne? Ŝajnas al mi, ke vi mem ĵus diris —
- KROGSTAD. Truly not? It seems to me, that you yourself just said —
Derived terms
editPronoun
editmem
- itself
- La koloro de la flago mem estis blanka sen surpreso, ruĝa aŭ nigra, blanka ĝenerale signifis la persekutadon, ĉe kiu la viktimo povis kapitulaci.VP
- The color of the flag itself was white without foreground image, red or black; white generally denoted persecution, at which the victim could surrender.
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Phoenician [Term?].
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmem
- mem (thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
editInflection of mem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mem | memit | |
genitive | memin | memien | |
partitive | memiä | memejä | |
illative | memiin | memeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mem | memit | |
accusative | nom. | mem | memit |
gen. | memin | ||
genitive | memin | memien | |
partitive | memiä | memejä | |
inessive | memissä | memeissä | |
elative | memistä | memeistä | |
illative | memiin | memeihin | |
adessive | memillä | memeillä | |
ablative | memiltä | memeiltä | |
allative | memille | memeille | |
essive | meminä | memeinä | |
translative | memiksi | memeiksi | |
abessive | memittä | memeittä | |
instructive | — | memein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
editIdo
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French même, from Old French mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmem
- even, still (in comparison)
- Ica pano esas bona, ma ita esas mem plu bona
- That bread is good but that is even better.
- (emphasis) really, indeed
- Yes, me konfesas, ke mea manui esas mem tre sordida.
- Yes, I admit that my hands are really very dirty.
See also
edit- ya (“indeed”)
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew מם (mēm), from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm, “water”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmem m or f (invariable)
- mem, specifically:
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤌
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter מ/ם
Mauritian Creole
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmem
Adverb
editmem
Derived terms
editPolish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmem m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom English meme coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976), similar to gene. The book was translated to Swedish by Roland Adlerbeth, Den själviska genen (1983). The Swedish word mem follows the grammar of gen (“gene”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmem c
- a meme (unit of cultural information)
- (Internet, chiefly in the alternative form "meme") a meme
- Synonym: (slang) mejmej
Declension
editRelated terms
editReferences
editTocharian A
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- (“to measure”). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *mēdye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor), or alternatively to *meh₁-ye/o- from *meh₁- (“to measure”) (whence Latin mētior). Compare Tocharian B maim.
Noun
editmem
Volapük
editNoun
editmem (nominative plural mems)
Declension
editWest Frisian
editEtymology
editProbably from Old Frisian *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā. Compare English mum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)
Further reading
edit- “mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/ɛm
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- English terms derived from Phoenician
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- Rhymes:Finnish/em
- Rhymes:Finnish/em/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Hebrew letter names
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- Rhymes:Italian/em
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛm
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Memetics
- Swedish terms derived from English
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- sv:Internet
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- Tocharian A terms inherited from Proto-Tocharian
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