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. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of temen

Galician

Verb

teme

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.me/, /ˈtɛ.me/
  • Rhymes: -eme, -ɛme
  • Hyphenation: té‧me, tè‧me

Verb

teme

  1. third-person singular present indicative of temere

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

teme

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てめ

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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
  • English: theme
  • Scots: theme (obsolete)
References

Noun

teme

  1. Alternative form of tem (group)

Noun

teme

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

Verb

teme

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

Verb

teme

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

Verb

teme

  1. Alternative form of temen (to tame)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtẽ.mi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈte.me/

  • Hyphenation: te‧me

Verb

teme

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.me/
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Hyphenation: te‧me
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of temă.

Noun

teme f

  1. inflection of temă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited 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

Noun

teme (Cyrillic spelling теме)

  1. inflection of tema:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteme/ [ˈt̪e.me]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: te‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English teme.

Noun

teme m (plural temes)

  1. teme (technological meme)

Verb

teme

  1. inflection of temar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Verb

teme

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Noun

teme

  1. plural of tietetu

Wauja

Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.mɛ/

Noun

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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