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English

Etymology

From Emma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?/
• Hyphenation: em?ma

Noun

emma (plural emmas)

1. (Britain, dated, WWI, signalese) M in RAF phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• ack emma
• pip emma

Estonian

Noun

emma

1. illative singular of ema

Plautdietsch

Adverb

emma

1. always

Synonyms

• stäts
• bestendich

Antonyms

• nienich (never)

Derived terms

• emmahan (anyhow, however)

See also

• eewich (eternal)
• foaken (often)
• selden (seldom)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words
• Herman Rempel's Plautdietsch Dictionary

English

Etymology

First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer, from Middle High German emeri, from Old High German amari, derivative of amar(o), which in turn gave rise to the obsolescent German synonym Amelkorn (“amelcorn”). Further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m?/
• Rhymes: -?m?(?)

Noun

emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)

1. A species of wheat, Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]

   Synonym: farro

   Coordinate terms: spelt, einkorn wheat

   Hypernym: hulled wheat

Synonyms

• (species of wheat): Triticum dicoccon, Triticum dicoccon subsp. dicoccon

Derived terms

• wild emmer (Triticum dicoccoides (a hybrid of Triticum urartu and a wild goatgrass. such as Aegilops searsii or Aegilops speltoides))

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Grains

Further reading

• emmer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• memer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch emmer, from Middle Dutch ember, from Old Dutch ?mer, from Proto-West Germanic *ambr?.

Noun

emmer (plural emmers, diminutive emmertjie)

1. bucket (container)

Descendants

• Xhosa: i-emele

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.m?r/, [??.m?r]
• Hyphenation: em?mer
• Rhymes: -?m?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ember, from Old Dutch ?mer, from Proto-West Germanic *ambr?.

Noun

emmer m (plural emmers, diminutive emmertje n)

1. bucket (container)

   Synonym: aker

Derived terms

• melkemmer
• putemmer
• wateremmer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: emmer
• ? Indonesian: ember
  • ? Ternate: ember

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Emmer.

Noun

emmer m (uncountable)

1. emmer, Triticum dicoccon

   Synonym: tweekoren

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

emmer

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

Anagrams

• remme

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch iomer (“always”), a compound of io (“always”) + *m?ro (“more”) (from Proto-Germanic *maizô).

Adverb

emmer

1. always
2. at least, in any case
3. at all costs
4. ever

Alternative forms

• immer

Descendants

• Dutch: immer

Etymology 2

Noun

emmer m

1. Alternative form of ammer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “emmer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “emmer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III