tem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tem"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Temne.

Symbol

tem

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Temne.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Temne terms

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtem]

Verb

tem

1. inflection of témer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin thymus (“thyme”). See also timó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛm]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtəm]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtem]

Noun

tem m (plural tems)

1. (Menorca) thyme

   Synonym: farigola

Further reading

• “tem” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Verb

tem

1. inflection of temmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• met

Galician

Verb

tem

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ter:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Verb

tem (weak)

1. inflection of temja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English tēam, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

Alternative forms

• teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam
• tæm, team (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

tem (plural temes)

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

Related terms

• barntem
• temen

Descendants

• English: team (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: team

References

• “tēm(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Verb

tem

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tem

1. imperative of temme

Polish

Alternative forms

• tym

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm
• Syllabification: tem

Pronoun

tem n

1. (obsolete) inflection of to:
   1. instrumental/locative singular
   2. dative plural

Derived terms

• potem
• przedtem
• wtem
• zatem

Further reading

• tem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tenet. Cognate with Galician ten and Spanish tiene. Also compare with vem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽj̃/ [ˈtẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃j̃/

• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Homophone: têm (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: tem

Verb

tem

1. inflection of ter:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (Brazil) misspelling of têm

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tem]

Verb

tem

1. inflection of teme:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French timbre.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɛm˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Noun

(classifier con, chiếc, cái) tem

1. postage stamp

   Synonyms: cò, niêm

2. short for tem bảo hành (“warranty sticker”)

Derived terms

• bóc tem
• tem phiếu

Volapük

Noun

tem (nominative plural tems)

1. house of worship, temple

Declension

Declension of tem

	singular	plural
nominative	tem	tems
genitive	tema	temas
dative	teme	temes
accusative	temi	temis
vocative 1	o tem!	o tems!
predicative 2	temu	temus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only