English

Alternative forms

• eame

Noun

eme ‎(plural emes)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter quintum, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:

     Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.x:

     Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […].

2. (Scotland) Friend.

Related terms

• eam

Anagrams

• mee

Basque

Noun

eme

1. female

Galician

Noun

eme m ‎(plural emes)

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

Hungarian

Etymology

em ‎(“variation of íme”) +‎ e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛmɛ]
• Hyphenation: eme

Pronoun

eme

1. (archaic, poetic) this
   • 1846: Petőfi 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:

ezen a helyen - eme helyen (at this place)

ebben a házban - eme házban (in this house)

Use eme before words beginning with consonants. Use emez before words beginning with vowels.

Synonyms

• e
• ezen

Italian

Noun

eme m ‎(plural emi)

1. (biochemistry) heme

Latin

Verb

eme

1. second-person singular present active imperative of emō

Nauruan

Noun

eme

1. eye

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese eme.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.mj/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.mɨ/
• Hyphenation: e‧me

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:eme.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *auhaimaz ‎(“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus ‎(“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch oom, German Ohm, Oheim. More at eam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [im]

Noun

eme ‎(plural emes)

1. maternal uncle
2. friend

Synonyms

• (maternal uncle): mither-brither

Related terms

• uncle ‎(“(paternal) uncle”)

Spanish

• IPA^(key): /'eme/

Noun

eme f ‎(plural emes)

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

Tacana

Noun

eme

1. hand