tem

See also: TEM, tém, têm, těm, and -tem

Translingual

Symbol

tem

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Temne.

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tem

1. third-person singular present indicative form of témer
2. second-person singular imperative form of témer

Etymology 2

From Latin thymus (“thyme”). See also timó.

Noun

tem m (plural tems)

1. (Minorca) thyme

   Synonym: farigola

Further reading

• “tem” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Verb

tem

1. inflection of temmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• met

Icelandic

Verb

tem (weak)

1. inflection of temja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English tēam, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

Alternative forms

• teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam
• tæm, team (early)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

tem (plural temes)

1. kinfolk, clan, people
2. (law) The privilege of making decisions about ownership disputes between a person's subordinates.
3. A group of livestock used to pull an agricultural instrument
4. A group of waterfowl or chickens.
5. descendants, children; also extended to the following:
   1. (law) The descendants of one's subordinates.
6. (rare) The ability to procreate or give birth.
7. (rare) team, company, band.

Related terms

• barntem
• temen

Descendants

• English: team (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: team

References

• “tēm(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Etymology 2

Verb

tem

1. Alternative form of temen (“to give birth, to support”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tem

1. imperative of temme

Polish

Alternative forms

• tym

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm
• Syllabification: tem

Pronoun

tem n

1. (obsolete) inflection of to:
   1. instrumental/locative singular
   2. dative plural

Derived terms

• potem
• przedtem
• wtem
• zatem

 

Further reading

• tem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tenet. Cognate with Galician ten and Spanish tiene. Also compare with vem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽj̃/ [ˈtẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃j̃/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Homophone: têm (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: tem

Verb

tem

1. inflection of ter:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (Brazil) Misspelling of têm.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tem]

Verb

tem

1. inflection of teme:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French timbre.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con, chiếc) tem

1. (postage) a postage stamp
2. Short for tem bảo hành (“warranty sticker”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bóc tem
• tem phiếu

 

Volapük

Noun

tem (nominative plural tems)

1. house of worship, temple

Declension

declension of tem

	singular	plural
nominative	tem	tems
genitive	tema	temas
dative	teme	temes
accusative	temi	temis
vocative 1	o tem!	o tems!
predicative 2	temu	temus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only