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3-letter words (2 found)

EME,MEE,

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Definitions and meaning of eme

eme

Translingual

Symbol

eme

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Emerillon.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Emerillon terms

English

Alternative forms

  • eam
  • eem (dialectal)
  • eame
  • neam
  • neame
  • neme

Etymology

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

Noun

eme (plural emes)

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
  2. (Scotland) Friend.

Related terms

  • eam

Descendants

  • → Manx: naim

Anagrams

  • Mee, eem, mee

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eme/, [e̞.me̞]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gascon hemna (“woman”), from Old Occitan femna (“woman”), itself from Latin fēmina (“woman”).

Noun

eme anim

  1. female
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

eme inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.
Declension
See also
  • (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

References

Further reading

  • “eme”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “eme”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.me]

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

  1. (Valencia) alternative form of ema

Further reading

  • “eme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

Hungarian

Etymology

From em- +‎ e (“this”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmɛ]
  • Hyphenation: eme
  • Rhymes: -mɛ

Pronoun

eme

  1. (archaic, poetic) this

Determiner

eme

  1. (archaic, poetic) alternative form of emez before consonants: this
    Coordinate term: ama

Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike the latter, eme does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used after it:

ezen a helyen ― eme helyen ― at this place
ebben a házban ― eme házban ― in this house

Use eme before words beginning with consonants.
Use emez before words beginning with vowels (e.g. emez esetben (“in this case”), emez alkalommal (“on this occasion”)).

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • eme in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • eme, redirecting in this sense to emez in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from emoglobina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.me/
  • Rhymes: -ɛme
  • Hyphenation: è‧me

Noun

eme m (plural emi)

  1. (biochemistry) heme

Latin

Verb

eme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of emō

Mbyá Guaraní

Adverb

eme

  1. forms the negative imperative

Middle English

Noun

eme

  1. alternative form of em

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *mata, from Proto-Micronesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

Noun

eme

  1. eye

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese eme.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧me

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.
    Synonym: mê

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é / ê, efe / fê, gê / guê, agá, i, jota / ji, cá / capa, ele / lê, eme / mê, ene / nê, ó / ô, pê, quê, erre / rê, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio / dâblio / duplo vê, xis, ípsilon / i grego, zê

Scots

Alternative forms

  • eam
  • eame
  • eem
  • eeme
  • eime
  • emm
  • emme
  • eyme

Etymology

From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [im]

Noun

eme (plural emes)

  1. maternal uncle
  2. friend

Synonyms

  • (maternal uncle): mither-brither

Related terms

  • uncle (“paternal uncle”)

Further reading

  • “eme”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: e‧me

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

Etymology 2

From mierda (“shit”).

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

  1. euphemistic form of mierda

Further reading

  • “eme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sumerian

Romanization

eme

  1. romanization of 𒅴 (eme)

Tacana

Noun

eme

  1. hand

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔeme/ [ˈʔɛː.mɛ]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: e‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish eme, the Spanish name of the letter M / m.

Noun

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) em, (in the Abakada alphabet) ma

Etymology 2

Possibly from Spanish eme (“M”) (see etymology 1), euphemism of mierda (“shit; crap”) by taking its first letter. Compare kiyeme. See also lamyerda, lakwatsa.

Noun

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)

  1. nonsense
    Synonyms: kiyeme, kemerut, echos, kalokohan, sagimuymoy
  2. term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember: thingamajig; whatchamacallit; thingy; dingus
    Synonyms: ano, kuwan
  3. excuses; pretenses
Usage notes
  • The word is typically used by women, and may sound effeminate when used by men.
Alternative forms
  • ems
Derived terms
Related terms

Further reading

  • “eme”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “EME” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
  • “eme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

  • mee

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həmay, from Proto-Austronesian *Səmay.

Noun

eme

  1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

References

  • Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 65.

West Makian

Etymology

Perhaps related to West Makian me (“he, she, it”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.me/

Pronoun

eme (possessive prefix di)

  1. third-person plural pronoun, they, them
  2. (polite) third-person singular pronoun, he (him), she (her)
    ifiteng eme ― he said to him

See also

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

Source: wiktionary.org