teme

See also: temé, temè, temê, temē, and Teme

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English

Etymology

Blend of technological +‎ meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.

Noun

teme (plural temes)

1. A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.

Anagrams

• etem, meet, mete, teem

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Classical Nahuatl

Noun

teme

1. Obsolete spelling of temeh

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Verb

teme

1. fear

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Dutch

Verb

teme

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of temen

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Italian

Pronunciation

• téme or tème
• IPA^(key): /ˈteme/ or IPA^(key): /ˈtɛme/

Verb

teme

1. third-person singular indicative present of temere

Anagrams

• mete

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Japanese

Romanization

teme

1. Rōmaji transcription of てめ

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tēam, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

Alternative forms

• tem, team, them, theam, tæm, teome, teem, teeme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛːm/

Noun

teme (plural temes)

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

Related terms

• barntem

Descendants

• English: team
• Scots: team

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old French teme, tesme, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Alternative forms

• tyme, theme, teeme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛːm(ə)/

Noun

teme (plural temes)

2. topic, focus, matter
3. document, text

Descendants

• English: theme
• Scots: theme (obsolete)

References

• “tēme (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Etymology 3

From Old English tēman.

Verb

teme

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

Etymology 4

From Old Norse tœma.

Verb

teme

1. Alternative form of temen (“to drain, to empty”)

Etymology 5

From Old English temian.

Verb

teme

1. Alternative form of temen (“to tame”)

Etymology 6

From Old English tīma.

Noun

teme

1. (Northern ME) Alternative form of tyme (“time”)

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Portuguese

Verb

teme

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of temer
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of temer

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *tīmēre.

Verb

a teme (third-person singular present teme, past participle temut) 3rd conj.

1. (reflexive) to fear

Conjugation

    conjugation of teme (third conjugation, past participle in -ut)

infinitive			a teme
gerund			temând
past participle			temut
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	tem	temi	teme	temem	temeți	tem
	imperfect	temeam	temeai	temea	temeam	temeați	temeau
	simple perfect	temui	temuși	temu	temurăm	temurăți	temură
	pluperfect	temusem	temuseși	temuse	temuserăm	temuserăți	temuseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să tem	să temi	să teamă	să temem	să temeți	să teamă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		teme			temeți
	negative		nu teme			nu temeți

Derived terms

• temere

Related terms

• teamă
• teamăt
• temoare

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): tjȅme

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těmę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tême/
• Hyphenation: te‧me

Noun

tȅme n (Cyrillic spelling те̏ме)

1. top, crown (of the head)
2. top, apex

Declension

Declension of teme

	singular	plural
nominative	tȅme	temèna
genitive	tȅmena	teménā
dative	temenu	temenima
accusative	teme	temena
vocative	teme	temena
locative	temenu	temenima
instrumental	temenom	temenima

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Spanish

Verb

teme

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of temer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of temer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of temer.

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Unami

Noun

tëme anim (plural tëmeyok)

1. wolf, coyote

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.mɛ/

Noun

Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.

teme

1. tapir, Tapirus terrestris

References

• E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.