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Yes. The word leme is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

LEME,

3-letter words (6 found)

EEL,ELM,EME,LEE,MEE,MEL,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EL,EM,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from leme according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leme

leme

English

Alternative forms

  • leam, leem

Etymology

From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (light, brightness); akin to light.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːm/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

leme (plural lemes)

  1. (obsolete) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

Verb

leme (third-person singular simple present lemes, present participle leming, simple past and past participle lemed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shine.

References

  • “leme”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Emel, mele, Elem, elem., elem, LEEM

Farefare

Etymology

Cognate with Moore leemse (to taste)

Pronunciation

/lè.mè/

Verb

leme (imperfect lemnɩ, lɛmna)

  1. to taste

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Basque lema, ultimately from Latin temō. Alternatively, from a Germanic origin. Compare French limon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛme̝/

Noun

leme m (plural lemes)

  1. (nautical) rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
    Synonym: temón
  2. (aeronautics) rudder (control surface of an aircraft)
    Synonym: temón
  3. (figurative) good judgement
    Synonyms: sentidiño, xuízo

References

  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (20062013), “leme”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (20032018), “leme”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (20142024), “leme”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

  • leme on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Noun

leme f

  1. fishbone
  2. (generally prickly) stalk or other part of a plant

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: leem

Further reading

  • “leme”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leme (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lēoma, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhmō.

Forms with /ɛː/ are unexpected; they may be due to the influence of beem and gleem.

Alternative forms

  • leem, lem, leom, lewme, lume, lym, lyme
  • leame, leome, lome (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːm(ə)/, /ˈlɛːm(ə)/

Noun

leme (plural lemes)

  1. Fire or an instance of it; a blaze.
  2. Light, brightness, or an instance of it:
    1. A gleam; a short burst of light.
    2. A ray or column of light.
  3. (figuratively) Wisdom, revelation, or one who grants it.
Descendants
  • English: leam
  • Scots: leim, leme
References
  • “lẹ̄m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

leme

  1. alternative form of lyme

Mokilese

Verb

leme

  1. (transitive) to think about

Derived terms

  • lemlem

References

  • Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: lê-me (Brazil)
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation: le‧me

Noun

leme m (plural lemes)

  1. (nautical) rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
  2. (aeronautics) rudder (control surface of an aircraft)

Derived terms


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