teme

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

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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teme (plural temes)

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

Anagrams

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Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

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teme

  1. Obsolete spelling of temeh.

Corsican

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Etymology

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From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Verb

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teme

  1. fear

Dutch

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Verb

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teme

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of temen

Galician

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Verb

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teme

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈte.me/, /ˈtɛ.me/
  • Rhymes: -eme, -ɛme
  • Hyphenation: té‧me, tè‧me

Verb

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teme

  1. third-person singular present indicative of temere

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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teme

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てめ

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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teme (plural temes)

  1. topic, focus, matter
  2. document, text
Descendants
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  • English: theme
  • Scots: theme (obsolete)
References
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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teme

  1. Alternative form of tem (group)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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teme

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of tyme (time)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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teme

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

Etymology 5

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Verb

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teme

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

Etymology 6

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Verb

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teme

  1. Alternative form of temen (to tame)

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tēme

  1. inflection of tēman:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: te‧me

Verb

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teme

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈte.me/
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Hyphenation: te‧me
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *tīmĕre.

Verb

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

  1. (reflexive) to fear
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of temă.

Noun

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teme f

  1. inflection of temă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *těmę.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tȅme n (Cyrillic spelling те̏ме)

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

Declension

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Noun

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teme (Cyrillic spelling теме)

  1. inflection of tema:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteme/ [ˈt̪e.me]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: te‧me

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English teme.

Noun

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teme m (plural temes)

  1. teme (technological meme)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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teme

  1. inflection of temar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Verb

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teme

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Tetelcingo Nahuatl

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Noun

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teme

  1. plural of tietetu

Wauja

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Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.

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Noun

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teme

  1. tapir, Tapirus terrestris

References

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  • 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.