teme

Blend of technological +‎ meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.

teme (plural temes)

1. A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.

• etem, meet, mete, teem

teme

1. Obsolete spelling of temeh

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

teme

1. fear

teme

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of temen

• téme or tème
• IPA^(key): /ˈteme/ or IPA^(key): /ˈtɛme/

teme

1. third person singular indicative present of temere

• mete

teme

1. Rōmaji transcription of てめ

From Old English tēam, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

• tem, team, them, theam, tæm, teome, teem, teeme

• IPA^(key): /tɛːm/

teme (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

• English: team
• Scots: team

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

From Old French teme, tesme, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

• tyme, theme, teeme

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛːm(ə)/

teme (plural temes)

1. topic, focus, matter
2. document, text

• English: theme
• Scots: theme (obsolete)

• “tēme (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

From Old English tēman.

teme

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

From Old Norse tœma.

teme

1. Alternative form of temen (“to drain, to empty”)

From Old English temian.

teme

1. Alternative form of temen (“to tame”)

From Old English tīma.

teme

1. (Northern ME) Alternative form of tyme (“time”)

teme

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of temer
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of temer

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *tīmēre.

a teme (third-person singular present teme, past participle temut) 3rd conj.

1. (reflexive) to fear

• temere

• teamă
• teamăt
• temoare

• (Ijekavian): tjȅme

From Proto-Slavic *těmę.

• IPA^(key): /tême/
• Hyphenation: te‧me

tȅme n (Cyrillic spelling те̏ме)

1. top, crown (of the head)
2. top, apex

teme

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of temer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of temer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of temer.

tëme anim (plural tëmeyok)

1. wolf, coyote

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.mɛ/

Tapirus terrestris in the Pantanal. Photo: Bill McDavid.

teme

1. tapir, Tapirus terrestris

• 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.