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English
Etymology
Blend of technological + meme ; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.
Noun
teme (plural temes )
A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind .
Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
Noun
teme
Obsolete spelling of temeh .
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin timēre , present active infinitive of timeō .
Verb
teme
fear
Dutch
Verb
teme
( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive of temen
Galician
Verb
teme
inflection of temer :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈte.me/ , /ˈtɛ.me/
Rhymes: -eme , -ɛme
Hyphenation: té‧me , tè‧me
Verb
teme
third-person singular present indicative of temere
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
teme
Rōmaji transcription of てめ
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French teme , tesme , from Latin thema , from Ancient Greek θέμα ( théma ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
teme (plural temes )
topic , focus , matter
document , text
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
teme
Alternative form of tem ( “ group ” )
Etymology 3
Noun
teme
( Northern ) Alternative form of tyme ( “ time ” )
Etymology 4
Verb
teme
Alternative form of temen ( “ to give birth, to support ” )
Etymology 5
Verb
teme
Alternative form of temen ( “ to drain, to empty ” )
Etymology 6
Verb
teme
Alternative form of temen ( “ to tame ” )
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
tēme
inflection of tēman :
first-person singular present indicative
singular present subjunctive
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
teme
inflection of temer :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈte.me/
Rhymes: -eme
Hyphenation: te‧me
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin timēre , present active infinitive of timeō , through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *tīmĕre .
Verb
a teme (third-person singular present teme , past participle temut ) 3rd conj.
( reflexive ) to fear
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of temă .
Noun
teme f
inflection of temă :
indefinite plural
indefinite genitive / dative singular
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *těmę .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tême/
Hyphenation: te‧me
Noun
tȅme n (Cyrillic spelling те̏ме )
top , crown (of the head)
top , apex
Declension
Noun
teme (Cyrillic spelling теме )
inflection of tema :
genitive singular
nominative / accusative / vocative plural
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈteme/
Rhymes: -eme
Syllabification: te‧me
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English teme .
Noun
teme m (plural temes )
teme ( technological meme )
Etymology 2
Verb
teme
inflection of temar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
Verb
teme
inflection of temer :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Noun
teme
plural of tietetu
Wauja
Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.
Pronunciation
Noun
teme
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.