mem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Etymology 1

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌‎ (mem, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”).

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Further reading

• mem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EMM

Noun

mem m (plural mems)

1. meme (unit of cultural information)
2. internet meme

Noun

mem m

1. meme

Particle

mem

1. -self, -selves
   • 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj,

     KROGSTAD. Vere ne? Ŝajnas al mi, ke vi mem ĵus diris —

     KROGSTAD. Truly not? It seems to me, that you yourself just said —

Pronoun

mem

1. 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.

   The color of the flag itself was white without foreground image, red or black; white generally denoted persecution, at which the victim could surrender.

Etymology

Borrowed from French même, from Old French mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem/

Adverb

mem

1. even, still (in comparson)

   Ica pano esas bona, ma ita esas mem plu bona

   That bread is good but that is even better.

2. (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

• ya (“indeed”)

Etymology

From Hebrew מ״ם‎ (mēm), from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌‎ (mm, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem/
• Stress: mém
• Hyphenation: mem

Noun

mem m, f (invariable)

1. mem, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤌
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter מ/ם

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /meːm/

Noun

mem c

1. a meme (unit of cultural information)

Etymology

From 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 A maim.

Noun

mem

1. thought, thinking

Noun

mem (plural mems)

1. memory

Noun

mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)

1. mother, mom