mem

See also: mem., Mem, MEM, mém, mềm, me·m, מם, and מ

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Etymology 1

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /mem/, water), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (*maʾ-/*may-). Doublet of mu.

Alternative forms

Noun

mem (plural mems)

  1. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

mem (plural mems)

  1. (computing) A memory access as part of processing.

Further reading

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

English meme

Pronunciation

Noun

mem m (plural mems)

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

Further reading


Czech

Noun

mem m

  1. meme

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French même.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mem]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: mem

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 —

Derived terms

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.

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmem/, [ˈme̞m]
  • Rhymes: -em
  • Syllabification(key): mem

Noun

mem

  1. mem (thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Inflection of mem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative mem memit
genitive memin memien
partitive memiä memejä
illative memiin memeihin
singular plural
nominative mem memit
accusative nom. mem memit
gen. memin
genitive memin memien
partitive memiä memejä
inessive memissä memeissä
elative memistä memeistä
illative memiin memeihin
adessive memillä memeillä
ablative memiltä memeiltä
allative memille memeille
essive meminä memeinä
translative memiksi memeiksi
instructive memein
abessive memittä memeittä
comitative memeineen
Possessive forms of mem (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person memini memimme
2nd person memisi meminne
3rd person meminsä

Anagrams


Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mem/

Adverb

mem

  1. even, still (in comparison)
    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)

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew מם (mēm), from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm, water).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmem/
  • Rhymes: -em
  • Hyphenation: mém

Noun

mem m or f (invariable)

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French même.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mem/

Adjective

mem

  1. same

Adverb

mem

  1. even

Derived terms


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English meme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm
  • Syllabification: mem

Noun

mem m inan

  1. meme (unit of cultural information)
  2. meme (something copied and circulated online)

Declension

Further reading

  • mem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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)

Declension

Declension of mem 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mem memen memer memerna
Genitive mems memens memers memernas

Tocharian A

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 B maim.

Noun

mem

  1. thought, thinking

Volapük

Noun

mem (nominative plural mems)

  1. memory

Declension


West Frisian

Etymology

Probably from Old Frisian *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā. Compare English mum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛm/

Noun

mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)

  1. mother, mom
    Coordinate term: heit

Further reading

  • mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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