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

All 4 letters words made out of leme

leme elme lmee mlee emle mele leem elem leem elem eelm eelm lmee mlee leme elme mele emle emel meel eeml eeml meel emel

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word leme. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in leme.

Definitions and meaning of leme

leme

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

• LEEM, mele

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

• “leme” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “leme” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “leme” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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 (plural lemes)

1. Alternative form of lyme

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: le‧me
• Rhymes: -emi
• Homophone: lê-me

Noun

leme m (plural lemes)

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

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