different between ese vs eme

English

Etymology 1

From Mexican Spanish ése (“dude”).

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. (US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively.)

Etymology 2

c.f. ease.

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. (obsolete) Ease; pleasure.

Anagrams

• ees, see

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.s?e/

Noun

ese inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Chuukese

Etymology

e- +? -se

Pronoun

ese

1. he, she, it does not

Adjective

ese

1. he, she, it is not
2. he, she, it was not

Related terms

Estonian

Etymology

Allegedly coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century, but compare Finnish esine.

Noun

ese (genitive eseme, partitive eset)

1. object, thing, item, that

Declension

See also

• asi
• eesmärk
• objekt
• sihitis

Karitiâna

Noun

ese

1. water

References

• Number and the mass/count distinction in Karitiana

Latin

Participle

?se

1. vocative masculine singular of ?sus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ese

1. Alternative form of eise

Etymology 2

From Old French aise, eise.

Alternative forms

• eyse, eise, ase, ayse, aise, yese

Noun

ese

1. Physical comfort, or that which is conducive thereto.
2. Material prosperity; profit.
3. Good health.
4. Spiritual comfort; equanimity, tranquility.
   • 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman

     For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
     It is in cloistre or in scole.

5. Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
6. Ease, facility.
7. The opportunity by which something is possible; means, ability.
8. The mitigation or alleviation of discomfort, burden or suffering.
9. (law) The right to utilize the property of a neighbour for certain ends; easement.

Synonyms

• (comfort): esynesse
• (ease): facilite

Descendants

• English: ease

References

• “ese, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 August 2018.

Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/ or IPA^(key): /i?i/

Noun

ese

1. light brown-gray

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• esa (a-infinitive)
• (non-standard since 2012) æsa, æse

Etymology

From Germanic, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Compare Icelandic æsa, from Proto-Germanic *j?sijan?.

Verb

ese (present tense esar, past tense esa, past participle esa, passive infinitive esast, present participle esande, imperative es)

1. (intransitive) to swell, seethe, ferment
2. (intransitive, by extension) to grow larger
3. (impersonal) to devolve, be stirred, riled up

   Synonym: ulme

Derived terms

• (with particle): ese opp; ese ut

Related terms

• ase
• jest, jester

References

• “ese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pohnpeian

Verb

ese

1. (transitive) to know

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ese/, [?e.se]

Etymology 1

Noun

ese f (plural eses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Etymology 2

From Latin ipse.

Determiner

ese m sg (feminine esa, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas)

1. (demonstrative) that

Synonyms

• aquese (poetic or archaic)

Interjection

ese

1. (Mexico, informal) hello

Pronoun

ese m (feminine esa, neuter eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas, neuter plural esos)

1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése

Usage notes

• The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

See also

Further reading

• “ese” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Yoruba

Noun

esé

1. hippopotamus

   Synonym: erinmi

English

Alternative forms

• eam
• eem (dialectal)
• eame
• neam
• neame
• neme

Etymology

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ?am (“uncle”). See eam.

Noun

eme (plural emes)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
2. (Scotland) Friend.

Related terms

• eam

Anagrams

• Mee, eem, mee

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Gascon hemna (“woman”), from Old Occitan femna (“woman”), itself from Latin f?mina (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /e.me/

Etymology 1

Noun

eme anim

1. female

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

eme inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Further reading

• “eme” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “eme” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Hungarian

Etymology

em (variation of íme) +? e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??m?]
• Hyphenation: eme
• Rhymes: -m?

Pronoun

eme

1. (archaic, poetic) this

Determiner

eme (demonstrative)

1. (archaic, poetic) this
   • 1846, Pet?fi Sándor, Egy gondolat bánt engemet...

     És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: - (And on the flags with this holy word:)

     „Világszabadság!” - (World freedom!)

Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike ez, it does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used:

Use eme before words beginning with consonants.Use emez before words beginning with vowels (e.g. emez esetben, emez alkalommal).

Synonyms

• e
• ezen

Derived terms

• mindeme

Further reading

• eme in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from emoglobina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.me/
• Rhymes: -?me
• Hyphenation: è?me

Noun

eme m (plural emi)

1. (biochemistry) heme

Latin

Verb

eme

1. second-person singular present active imperative of em?

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *mata, from Proto-Micronesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

Noun

eme

1. eye

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese eme.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?e.mj/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.m?/
• Hyphenation: e?me

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:eme.

Scots

Alternative forms

• eam
• eame
• eem
• eeme
• eime
• emm
• emme
• eyme

Etymology

From Middle English eem, from Old English ?am, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [im]

Noun

eme (plural emes)

1. maternal uncle
2. friend

Synonyms

• (maternal uncle): mither-brither

Related terms

• uncle (“paternal uncle”)

Further reading

• “eme” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eme/, [?e.me]

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Etymology 2

From mierda (“shit”).

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

1. Euphemistic form of mierda.

Further reading

• “eme” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tacana

Noun

eme

1. hand