different between mem vs meh

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

From Phoenician ????????? (mm /mem/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *ma?- (“*ma?-/*may-”).

Alternative forms

• meem, mim

Noun

mem (plural mems)

1. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

mem (plural mems)

1. (computing) A memory access as part of processing.

Further reading

• mem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EMM, Emm

Catalan

Etymology

English meme

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?m?m/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?m?m/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mem/

Noun

mem m (plural mems)

1. meme (unit of cultural information)
2. internet meme

Further reading

• mem on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca
• mem d'Internet on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Czech

Noun

mem m

1. meme

Related terms

• memetika f

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem/
• Hyphenation: mem
• Audio:

Particle

mem

1. -self, -selves
   • 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [1]

     KROGSTAD. Vere ne? ?ajnas al mi, ke vi mem ?us diris —

     KROGSTAD. Truly not? It seems to me, that you yourself just said —

Derived terms

• memportreto

Pronoun

mem

1. itself

Finnish

Noun

mem

1. mem (thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Anagrams

• -mme

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French même, from Old French mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem/

Adverb

mem

1. even, still (in comparson)

2. (emphasis) really, indeed

See also

• ya (“indeed”)

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew ??? (m?m), from Phoenician ????????? (mm, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mem/
• Hyphenation: mém

Noun

mem m or f (invariable)

1. mem, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?/?

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem/

Etymology

From French même.

Adjective

mem

1. same

Adverb

mem

1. even

Derived terms

• mem si

Polish

Etymology

From English meme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?m/

Noun

mem m inan

1. meme (unit of cultural information)
2. meme (something copied and circulated online)

Declension

Further reading

• mem in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From English meme coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976), similar to gene. The book was translated to Swedish by Roland Adlerbeth, Den själviska genen (1983). The Swedish word mem follows the grammar of gen (“gene”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?m/

Noun

mem c

1. a meme (unit of cultural information)

Declension

Related terms

• memetik

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- (“to measure”). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *m?dye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor), or alternatively to *meh?-ye/o- from *meh?- (“to measure”) (whence Latin m?tior). Compare Tocharian B maim.

Noun

mem

1. thought, thinking

Volapük

Noun

mem (nominative plural mems)

1. memory

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

Probably from Old Frisian *m?me, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m?. Compare English mum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?m/

Noun

mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)

1. mother, mom

   Coordinate term: heit

Further reading

• “mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology 1

• Popularized by the television show The Simpsons, specifically in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?/

Adjective

meh (comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

1. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
2. Apathetic; unenthusiastic.

Translations

Interjection

meh

1. (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

Synonyms

• pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh

Translations

Noun

meh

1. (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese ? (me1).

Particle

meh

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) Final interrogative particle.

Anagrams

• 'hem, Hem, hem, hem-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mef

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (compare Latvian maût (“to submerge”), Serbo-Croatian m?ti (“to wash”)).

Verb

meh (first-person singular past tense meha)

1. I soak

Related terms

• muf

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Noun

meh ?

1. rain

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) , “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx?^[8], pages 13-36

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian ???? (mah), Ossetian ??? (mæj), Avestan ????????? (m??), ????????????????????? (mao?h)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit ??? (m??sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ???? (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?h

Noun

meh f

1. month

Related terms

• mang

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German m?ro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, English more.

Adjective

meh

1. more

Adverb

meh

1. any longer
2. more
3. anymore

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) mij?h

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *m?x?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mê?x/

Noun

m?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. blower, bellows
2. goatskin, wineskin

Declension

Related terms

• mešina

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mé?x/

Noun

m??h m inan

1. bellows

Inflection

Further reading

• “meh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?h/

Noun

meh

1. Fort Liard form of mbeh

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 11

Spanish

Interjection

meh

1. meh

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *me?? (“mother”). Cognate with Thai ??? (m???), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (mae¹), Shan ??? (m?ae), Ahom ???????????? (mee), Bouyei meeh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /me?/
• Tone numbers: me⁶
• Hyphenation: meh

Noun

meh (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography me?)

1. mother

   Synonym: daxmeh

2. woman; female

Classifier

meh (old orthography me?)

1. Used for adult women who have given birth.
2. Used for female animals that have given birth or laid eggs.

Adjective

meh (old orthography me?)

1. main; principal

Derived terms