mem
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛm
Etymology 1
From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /mem/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”). Doublet of mu.
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Hebrew alphabet
Etymology 2
Clipping of memory.
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- (slang) Clipping of memory.
- 2023 October 23, Rachel Varina, “How to Get Over a Breakup So You Can *Actually* Move On and Heal”, in Cosmopolitan:
- 6. Throw Away the Mems [chapter title] ¶ Now that you’ve got some theme music, it’s time to take that old teddy bear and V-Day card and toss ‘em in the dumpster.
- (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing.
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mem], [mɛm]
Noun
mem (definite accusative memi, plural memlər)
Further reading
mem on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
İnternet memi on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
Catalan
Further reading
mem on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
mem d'Internet on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mem]
- Audio:
(file) - Hyphenation: mem
Particle
mem
Derived terms
Pronoun
mem
Finnish
Etymology
From Phoenician [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmem/, [ˈme̞m]
- Rhymes: -em
- Syllabification(key): mem
Noun
mem
- mem (thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Inflection of mem (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | memittä | memeittä | ||
instructive | — | memein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French même, from Old French mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Adverb
mem
See also
- ya (“indeed”)
Italian
Etymology
From Hebrew מם (mēm), from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm, “water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmem/
- Rhymes: -em
- Hyphenation: mém
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛm
- Syllabification: mem
Declension
Further reading
- mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Alternative forms
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
Declension
Declension of mem | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mem | memen | memer | memerna |
Genitive | mems | memens | memers | memernas |
Related terms
References
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.
Volapük
West Frisian
Etymology
Probably from Old Frisian *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā. Compare English mum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛm/
Further reading
- “mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011