tem

tem

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

tem

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

Inherited from Latin thymus (“thyme”). See also timó.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

tem m (plural tems)

1. (Menorca) thyme

   Synonym: farigola

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

tem

1. inflection of temmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• met

tem

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ter:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

tem (weak)

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

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

• teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam
• tæm, team (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /tɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

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.

• barntem
• temen

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

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

tem

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

tem

1. imperative of temme

• tym

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

tem n

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

• tem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

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

tem

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

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tem

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

From French timbre.

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(classifier con, chiếc) tem

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

tem (nominative plural tems)

1. house of worship, temple