teme
English
Etymology
Blend of technological + meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.
Classical Nahuatl
Dutch
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte.me/, /ˈtɛ.me/
- Rhymes: -eme, -ɛme
- Hyphenation: té‧me, tè‧me
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French teme, tesme, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛːm(ə)/
References
- “tēme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Portuguese
Verb
teme
- inflection of temer:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte.me/
- Rhymes: -eme
- Hyphenation: te‧me
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
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.
- (reflexive) to fear
Conjugation
conjugation of teme (third conjugation, past participle in -ut)
infinitive | a teme | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | temând | ||||||
past participle | temut | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | tem | temi | teme | temem | temeți | tem | |
imperfect | temeam | temeai | temea | temeam | temeați | temeau | |
simple perfect | temui | temuși | temu | temurăm | temurăți | temură | |
pluperfect | temusem | temuseși | temuse | temuserăm | temuserăți | temuseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să tem | să temi | să teamă | să temem | să temeți | să teamă | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | teme | temeți | |||||
negative | nu teme | nu temeți |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of temă.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): tjȅme
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *těmę.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tême/
- Hyphenation: te‧me
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteme/ [ˈt̪e.me]
- Rhymes: -eme
- Syllabification: te‧me
Verb
teme
Further reading
- “teme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Wauja

Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.mɛ/
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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