See also: Leme, lemé, and lëmë

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (light, brightness); akin to light.

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Noun

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leme (plural lemes)

  1. (obsolete) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

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leme (third-person singular simple present lemes, present participle leming, simple past and past participle lemed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shine.

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Farefare

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Etymology

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Cognate with Moore leemse (to taste)

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/lè.mè/

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leme (imperfect lemnɩ, lɛmna)

  1. to taste

Galician

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Etymology

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Obscure. Perhaps from Basque lema, ultimately from Latin temō. Alternatively, from a Germanic origin.[1] Compare French limon.

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leme m (plural lemes)

  1. (nautical) rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
    Synonym: temón
  2. (aeronautics) rudder (control surface of an aircraft)
    Synonym: temón
  3. (figurative) good judgement
    Synonyms: sentidiño, xuízo

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “leme”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz.

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leme f

  1. fishbone
  2. (generally prickly) stalk or other part of a plant

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  • Dutch: leem

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English lēoma, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhmō.

Forms with /ɛː/ are unexpected; they may be due to the influence of beem and gleem.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleːm(ə)/, /ˈlɛːm(ə)/

Noun

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leme (plural lemes)

  1. Fire or an instance of it; a blaze.
  2. Light, brightness, or an instance of it:
    1. A gleam; a short burst of light.
    2. A ray or column of light.
  3. (figuratively) Wisdom, revelation, or one who grants it.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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leme (plural lemes)

  1. Alternative form of lyme

Mokilese

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Verb

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leme

  1. (transitive) to think about

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unknown.

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leme m (plural lemes)

  1. (nautical) rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
  2. (aeronautics) rudder (control surface of an aircraft)

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