different between deme vs beme

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (dêmos, “district”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?m/

Noun

deme (plural demes)

1. A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.
2. (ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals.

Translations

Derived terms

• biodeme
• ecodeme
• demesman

Anagrams

• Deem, Mede, deem, meed

Japanese

Romanization

deme

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?de?.me/, [?d?e?m?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?de.me/, [?d???m?]

Etymology 1

See d?m? (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).

Verb

d?me

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?m?

Etymology 2

See d?mos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).

Noun

d?me m

1. vocative singular of d?mos

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?deme/, [?d?e.me]

Verb

deme

1. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar, dé and the pronoun me.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English beme, from Old English b?me, b?me, b?eme (“trumpet; tablet, billet”), from Proto-Germanic *baumij? (“wooden instrument”). Doublet of beam

Noun

beme (plural bemes)

1. (obsolete) Trumpet.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bemen, from Old English b?mian (“to blow a trumpet, trumpet forth”), from b?me (“trumpet”).

Verb

beme (third-person singular simple present bemes, present participle beming, simple past and past participle bemed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To sound a trumpet.

Derived terms

• beming

Anagrams

• Beem