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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
UK 16th century. Possibly borrowed from Yiddish אַ (a, “indefinite article”) + טומאה (tume, “church (derogatory); forbidden; impure”).
Noun
autem (plural autems)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church.
Derived terms
Adjective
autem (not comparable)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Married.
- Synonyms: wed, wedded
Derived terms
References
- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Autem”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper, , →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “autem”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 53–54.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “autem”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, pages 79–80.
- Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN.
Czech
Noun
autem
- instrumental singular of auto
Latin
Alternative forms
- aũt (scribal abbreviation)
Etymology
Same source as aut.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
autem
- but
- Synonyms: at, ast, tamen, sed
- while, however
- moreover, and, also
- on the other hand, on the contrary, whereas
- bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)
Synonyms
References
- “autem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “autem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- autem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
autem
- instrumental singular of auto