flem
See also: Flem
Latin
Verb
flem
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of flō
References
- flem in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English flēam, from Proto-West Germanic *flaum, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.
Alternative forms
- fleem, fleme
- flæm, fleam, vlem (early)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛːm/
- Rhymes: -ɛːm
Noun
flem
- A watercourse, channel, or its flow.
- (poetic) The act of fleeing; flight, escape.
Related terms
- fleme
- flemen
Descendants
- English: fleam (dialectal)
- Scots: fleem
References
- “flēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “flēm, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Verb
flem
- Alternative form of flemen
Romansch
Alternative forms
- flum (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
- flüm (Puter, Vallader)
Etymology
From Latin flūmen, from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).
Noun
flem m (plural flems)
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) river
- Synonym: ragn