jeme

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjeme]

Verb

jeme

1. first-person plural present of jesť

Spanish

Alternative forms

• geme, xeme

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmis (“a half, a half-as”), from sēmi- (“half”) + as (“unit, Roman penny”), from forming half of the pie, the Spanish foot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeme/ [ˈxe.me]
• Rhymes: -eme
• Syllabification: je‧me
• Latin America IPA^(key): [ˈhe.me]

Noun

jeme m (plural jemes)

1. the distance from the tips of the thumb and index finger when fully outstretched as an informal unit of length
2. (historical) Synonym of sesma (a half-foot, a traditional Spanish unit of length)

Further reading

• “jeme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014