mem

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

English

Alternative forms

• meem
• mim

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mem, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mem (plural mems)

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

Translations

Semitic letter

• Malay: mim (ms)

Anagrams

• EMM

External links

• Mem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Noun

mem m

1. meme

Related terms

• memetika f

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Esperanto

Particle

mem

1. -self, -selves
   • 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [1]

     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

• memportreto

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.^[2]

   The color of the flag itself was white without foreground image, red or black; white generally denoted persecution, at which the victim could surrender.

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Ido

Adverb

mem

1. even

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Lojban

Rafsi

mem

1. rafsi of mei.

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Swedish

Etymology

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: /meːm/

Noun

mem c

1. a meme (unit of cultural information)

Declension

Declension of mem

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mem	memen	memer	memerna
genitive	mems	memens	memers	memernas

Related terms

• memetik

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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 A maim.

Noun

mem

1. thought, thinking

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Volapük

Noun

mem (plural mems)

1. memory

Declension

declension of mem

	singular	plural
nominative	mem	mems
genitive	mema	memas
dative	meme	memes
accusative	memi	memis
predicative	memu	memus
vocative	o mem!	o mems!

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West Frisian

Noun

mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke, diminutive plural memkes)

1. mother