tem

tem

See also: TEM, tém, têm, těm, and -tem

Translingual

Symbol

tem

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

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From témer (“to fear”).

Verb

tem

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

Etymology 2

From Latin thymus (“thyme”). See also timó.

Noun

tem m (plural tems)

1. (Minorca) thyme

   Synonym: farigola

Further reading

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Verb

tem

1. first-person singular present indicative of temmen
2. imperative of temmen

Anagrams

• met

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Icelandic

Verb

tem (weak)

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam
• tæm, team (early)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

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.

Related terms

• barntem
• temen

Descendants

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

References

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

Verb

tem

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tem

1. imperative of temme

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Polish

Alternative forms

• tym

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

tem n

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

Derived terms

• potem
• przedtem
• wtem
• zatem

 

Further reading

• tem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽj̃/ [ˈtẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): ['tɐ̃j̃] invalid IPA characters ('), replace ' with ˈ
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Homophone: têm (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: tem

Verb

tem

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tem]

Verb

tem

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

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From French timbre.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con, chiếc) tem

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bóc tem
• tem phiếu

 

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Volapük

Noun

tem (nominative plural tems)

1. house of worship, temple

Declension

declension of tem

	singular	plural
nominative	tem	tems
genitive	tema	temas
dative	teme	temes
accusative	temi	temis
vocative 1	o tem!	o tems!
predicative 2	temu	temus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only