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tem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tem"

Translingual

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Symbol

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tem

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

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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tem

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

Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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tem m (plural tems)

  1. (Menorca) thyme
    Synonym: farigola

Further reading

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

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Verb

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tem

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

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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tem

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

Icelandic

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Verb

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tem (weak)

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

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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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.
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Descendants
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  • English: team (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: team
References
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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tem

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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tem

  1. imperative of temme

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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tem n

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

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Further reading

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  • tem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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tem

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

Romanian

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tem

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

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From French timbre.

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Noun

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(classifier con, chiếc) tem

  1. (postage) a postage stamp
  2. Short for tem bảo hành (“warranty sticker”).

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Volapük

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Noun

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tem (nominative plural tems)

  1. house of worship, temple

Declension

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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
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