teme

See also: temé, temè, temê, temē, and Teme

English

Etymology

Blend of technological +‎ meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.

Noun

teme (plural temes)

  1. A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.

Anagrams

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

teme

  1. Obsolete spelling of temeh

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Verb

teme

  1. fear

Dutch

Verb

teme

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of temen

Italian

Pronunciation

  • téme or tème
  • IPA(key): /ˈteme/ or IPA(key): /ˈtɛme/

Verb

teme

  1. third person singular indicative present of temere

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

teme

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てめ

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tēam, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛːm/

Noun

teme (plural temes)

  1. kinfolk, clan, people
  2. (law) The privilege of making decisions about ownership disputes between a person's subordinates.
  3. A group of livestock used to pull an agricultural instrument
  4. A group of waterfowl or chickens.
  5. descendants, children; also extended to the following:
    1. (law) The descendants of one's subordinates.
  6. (rare) The ability to procreate or give birth.
  7. (rare) team, company, band.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old French teme, tesme, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛːm(ə)/

Noun

teme (plural temes)

  1. topic, focus, matter
  2. document, text
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Old English tēman.

Verb

teme

  1. Alternative form of temen (“to give birth, to support”)

Etymology 4

From Old Norse tœma.

Verb

teme

  1. Alternative form of temen (“to drain, to empty”)

Etymology 5

From Old English temian.

Verb

teme

  1. Alternative form of temen (“to tame”)

Etymology 6

From Old English tīma.

Noun

teme

  1. (Northern ME) Alternative form of tyme (“time”)

Portuguese

Verb

teme

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of temer
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of temer

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *tīmēre.

Verb

a teme (third-person singular present teme, past participle temut) 3rd conj.

  1. (reflexive) to fear

Conjugation

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těmę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tême/
  • Hyphenation: te‧me

Noun

tȅme n (Cyrillic spelling те̏ме)

  1. top, crown (of the head)
  2. top, apex

Declension

Spanish

Verb

teme

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of temer.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of temer.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of temer.

Unami

Noun

tëme (plural tëmeyok)

  1. wolf, coyote

Wauja

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.mɛ/

Noun

Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.

teme

  1. tapir, Tapirus terrestris

References

  • E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.
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