eme

See also -eme, and ëmë

English

Etymology

Middle English eam, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

Noun

eme (plural emes)

1. (obsolete except Scotland) An uncle.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:

     So aftir this yonge Trystrames rode unto his eme, Kynge Marke of Cornwayle, and whan he com there he herde sey that there wolde no knyght fyght with Sir Marhalt.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.x:

     Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted [...].

2. (Scotland) friend.

Related terms

• eam

Anagrams

• mee

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Basque

Noun

eme

1. female

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Hungarian

Etymology

em (“variation of íme”) + e

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛmɛ/
• Hyphenation: eme

Pronoun

eme

1. (archaic, poetic) this
   • 1846: Petőfi Sándor, Egy gondolat bánt engemet...

     És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: - (And on the flags with this holy word:)

     „Világszabadság!” - (World freedom!)

Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike ez, it does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used:

ezen a helyen - eme helyen (at this place)

ebben a házban - eme házban (in this house)

Use eme before words beginning with consonants. Use emez before words beginning with vowels.

Synonyms

• e
• ezen

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Italian

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Noun

eme m (plural emi)

1. (biochemistry) heme

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Latin

Verb

eme

1. Second-person singular present active imperative of emō

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.mj/

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

1. The name of Portuguese alphabet's letter m

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Scots

Etymology

Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *auhaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch oom, German Ohm, Oheim. More at eam.

Noun

eme (plural emes)

1. uncle
2. friend

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Spanish

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

1. Name of the letter m.

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Tacana

Noun

eme

1. hand