different between deme vs teme

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

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

Noun

teme (plural temes)

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

Anagrams

• etem, meet, mete, teem

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

teme

1. Obsolete spelling of temeh

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin tim?re, present active infinitive of time?.

Verb

teme

1. fear

Dutch

Verb

teme

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of temen

Italian

Pronunciation

• téme or tème
• IPA^(key): /?teme/ or IPA^(key): /?t?me/

Verb

teme

1. third-person singular indicative present of temere

Anagrams

• mete

Japanese

Romanization

teme

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English t?am, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??m/

Noun

teme (plural temes)

2. kinfolk, clan, people
3. (law) The privilege of making decisions about ownership disputes between a person's subordinates.
4. A group of livestock used to pull an agricultural instrument
5. A group of waterfowl or chickens.
6. descendants, children; also extended to the following:
   1. (law) The descendants of one's subordinates.
7. (rare) The ability to procreate or give birth.
8. (rare) team, company, band.

Related terms

• barntem

Descendants

• English: team
• Scots: team

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• tyme, theme, teeme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??m(?)/

Noun

teme (plural temes)

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

Descendants

• English: theme
• Scots: theme (obsolete)

References

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

Etymology 3

Verb

teme

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

Etymology 4

Verb

teme

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

Etymology 5

Verb

teme

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

Etymology 6

Noun

teme

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

Portuguese

Verb

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tim?re, present active infinitive of time?, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *t?m?re.

Verb

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

1. (reflexive) to fear

Conjugation

Derived terms

• temere

Related terms

• team?
• team?t
• temoare

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): tj?me

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *t?m?.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

t?me n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

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

Declension

Spanish

Verb

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.

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Noun

teme

1. plural of tietetu

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.m?/

Noun

teme

1. 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.