eme

See also: EME, ɛme, -eme, -ème, and ëmë

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Middle English eam, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

Noun

eme (plural emes)

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter quintum, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
      Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto X:
      Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]
  2. (Scotland) Friend.

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

eme

  1. female

Galician

Pronunciation

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Noun

eme m (plural emes)

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

Hungarian

Etymology

em (“variation of íme”) +‎ e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmɛ]
  • Hyphenation: eme

Pronoun

eme

  1. (archaic, poetic) this
    • 1846, Petőfi Sándor, Egy gondolat bánt engemet...
      És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: - (And on the flags with this holy word:)
      „Világszabadság!” - (World freedom!)

Usage notes

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

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.

Synonyms

Italian

Noun

eme m (plural emi)

  1. (biochemistry) heme

Latin

Verb

eme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of emō

Nauruan

Noun

eme

  1. eye

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese eme.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈe.mj/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.mɨ/
  • Hyphenation: e‧me

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:eme.

Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

eme (plural emes)

  1. maternal uncle
  2. friend

Synonyms

  • uncle (“(paternal) uncle”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeme/
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Noun

eme f (plural emes)

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

Further reading

Tacana

Noun

eme

  1. hand
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