em

em

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English

Etymology 1

Attested since 1808. In typography, the em is named after the em quadrat (later called em quad), from m quadrat, a metal type used in letterpress typesetting, which is as wide as the point size of the font.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĕm, IPA(key): /ˈɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

em (plural ems)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.
  2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
    Synonyms: quad, em quad, mutton, mut
Derived terms
  • emcee
  • em dash
  • em space
  • em quad
  • em rule
  • oh em gee
Translations

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

Pronoun

em

  1. Alternative form of 'em

Etymology 3

Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from them, perhaps influenced by the pre-existing em/'em, now often perceived as apheretic forms of them (though originally unrelated).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/

Pronoun

em (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive emself, possessive adjective eir, possessive pronoun eirs)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her.
    • 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202
      “You idiot girl! Are you childsick?” She grabbed Asu’s wrist; Asu made no effort to twist away. “Sand and soil, tell me you’re not pregnant. Is it that—what’s eir name? Aeran? Have you lain with em? Tell me!”
Synonyms
  • see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
Derived terms
  • emself

Etymology 4

Compare um.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ(ː)m/

Interjection

em

  1. (Scotland, Ireland) a form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty; um; umm; erm
    She was abused by, em... David, I think. That was his name, he's a real em... what's the word, narcissist. You should really stay away from him.

Etymology 5

Noun

em (plural ems)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter М / м.

Anagrams

  • -me-, /me, M&E, ME, Me, Me., me

Bislama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈem/
  • Hyphenation: em

Pronoun

em

  1. Alternative form of hem (he, she)

See also

References

  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 14

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin , from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [em]

Pronoun

em (proclitic, contracted m', enclitic me, contracted enclitic 'm)

  1. me (direct or indirect object)

Usage notes

  • em is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.
    Em dic…My name is… (literally, “I call myself…”)

Declension

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əm/

Pronoun

em

  1. (most dialects) Reduced form of im (to him).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əm/

Article

em

  1. (most dialects) Reduced form of däm (to the).
Usage notes
  • The normal reduced form is dem (also spelt d'm). The further reduction is used especially after prepositions.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em/

Contraction

em

  1. (most dialects) Contraction of en däm (in the).
Alternative forms
  • om, öm (Eifel)

Etymology 4

From Old High German umbi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em/

Preposition

em (+ accusative)

  1. (Moselle Franconian) around
Alternative forms
  • öm (Ripuarian)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛm]

Noun

em n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

  • em in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • em in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Daur

Etymology

Akin to Mongolian эм (em).

Noun

em

  1. medicine

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch em.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛm/, [ˈɛm]

Noun

èm

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

  • “em” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /em/, [ɛ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /em/, [ɛm]

Etymology 1

Noun

em f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter M.
Usage notes
  • Multiple Latin names for the letter M, m have been suggested. The most common is em or a syllabic m, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, , əm, , and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιμμε (imme).
Coordinate terms
  • (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

Etymology 2

Fossilised (2nd person singular) imperative of emō.

Interjection

em

  1. of wonder or emphasis, there!

References

  • "em", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "em", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • em in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
  • Hannah Rosén (1999). Latine loqui: trends and directions in the crystallization of classical Latin. München: Fink. p. 47

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛm]

Noun

em m (invariable)

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

See also

  • Latvian letter names:
    a (A), garais ā (Ā), (B), (C), čē (Č), (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), (G), ģē (Ģ), (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), (J), (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), (Ļ), em (M), en (N), (Ņ), o (O), (P), er (R), es (S), (Š), (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), (V), (Z), žē (Ž)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/

Noun

em m inan

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em/, [əm]

Pronoun

em

  1. Reduced form of him

Declension

Marshallese

Alternative forms

  • im
  • -m

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [ɛmʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /jɛmʲ/
  • Bender phonemes:

Conjunction

em

  1. and

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English ēam (maternal uncle), from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz.

Alternative forms

  • eam, eem, eeme, eme, heme, nem
  • æem, æm, eom, heam, yem (early)
  • eame, eyme (late)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

em (plural emes)

  1. uncle (brother of one's parents)
    Synonym: uncle
  2. (rare) progenitor, forefather
  3. (rare) nephew (son of one's sibling)
Descendants
  • English: eam, eme (dialectal)
  • Scots: eme
References
  • “ēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

em

  1. Alternative form of hem (them)

Etymology 3

Verb

em

  1. Alternative form of am

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Pronoun

em (oblique me)

  1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone men- (your).

Pronoun

em

  1. your (second-person, singular, possesive pronoun)

References

María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎[5], Unpublished

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • ām, āme

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (maternal uncle).

Noun

ēm m

  1. an uncle, mother's brother

Inflection

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *immi ("am"; a form of the verb *wesaną (to be; dwell)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (I am, I exist). Cognate with English am, Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, am), Latin sum (am), Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimí), Albanian jam (I am), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi), Latvian esmu ((I) am), esam (we are).

Verb

em

  1. I am, first-person of vera (meaning "to be")

Derived terms

  • emk

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German dem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/

Article

em (definite)

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension

Pronoun

em

  1. dative of er: him, to him
  2. dative of es: it, to it

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in (in), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (in). Doublet of in.

Pronunciation

Preposition

em

  1. in; inside; within (contained by)
  2. on; on top of (located just above the surface of)
  3. in; at (located in a location)
  4. in (part of; a member of)
  5. in; into; inside (towards the inside of)
  6. indicates the target of an action
  7. in (pertaining to the particular thing)
  8. in (immediately after a period of time)
  9. in; during (within a period of time)
  10. at; in (in a state of)
  11. in (indicates means, medium, format, genre or instrumentality)
  12. in (indicates a language, script, tone etc. of writing, speaking etc.)
  13. in (wearing)
  14. (slang) indicates that the object deserves a given punishment

Usage notes

When followed by an article, a pronoun, a demonstrative pronoun or adjective, em is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.

Synonyms

  • (inside): dentro de
  • (on): sobre, em cima de
  • (part of): parte de
  • (into): para dentro de
  • (immediately after): logo depois/após
  • (during): consoante, durante
  • (wearing): de, vestido de, vestindo

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen, Turkish em, Kyrgyz, Tuvan, Southern Altai эм (em), Kazakh ем (em), etc.

Noun

em

  1. medicine
    Antonym: ağu

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “em”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 324
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[6], China Salar Youth League, page 2


Scots

Verb

em

  1. (South Scots) emphatic first-person singular simple present of ti be

See also

  • er
  • es
  • im

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • hem

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هم (hem), from Persian هم (ham).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em/

Conjunction

em … em … (Cyrillic spelling ем … ем …)

  1. not only … but also
    Em me bio em još da mu kažem hvala.Not only did he beat me up but he also wanted me to tell him thanks.

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • em.
  • e.m.
  • e. m.

Noun

em

  1. pm (indicating hours in the afternoon); abbreviation of eftermiddagen.

Usage notes

  • Since the 1960s, Sweden primarily uses the 24 hour clock, making am/pm abbreviations unnecessary and less common

Antonyms

  • fm

Tagalog

Etymology

From English em, the English name of the letter M/m.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: em
  • IPA(key): /ʔem/, [ʔɛm]
  • Rhymes: -em

Noun

em (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Filipino alphabet.
    Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) ma, (in the Abecedario) eme

Derived terms

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

  • “em”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English him.

Pronoun

em

  1. The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.

Derived terms

  • em tasol

Related terms

  • -im

See also

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English him.

Pronoun

em

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)

Veps

Verb

em

  1. first-person plural present of ei

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(sʔ)iəm; cognate with Pacoh a-em (younger sibling).

According to Phan Kế Bính's Việt Nam phong tục (1915), apparently the practice of calling each other anh-em for those in relationship originated from the province of Quảng Nam:

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛm˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier đứa, thằng, con) em • (㛪, 俺, 腌)

  1. a younger sibling
    thằng em của emmy younger brother
  2. a cousin who is descended from an ancestor who is/was a younger sibling to oneself's or one's spouse's (such as a child of a younger sibling of one of one's parents or a grandchild of a younger sibling of one of one's grandparents)
    Synonym: em họ
  3. a person younger than oneself but of the same generation
  4. (formal) a child or a student

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.

Derived terms

Pronoun

em • (㛪, 俺, 腌)

  1. pronoun used to refer to any person (oneself, the addressee, or any third person) described by the noun em above
    Synonyms: (second person): thằng em, (third person): em ấy, ẻm
    thằng em của emmy younger brother
    1. (familiar) pronoun used to refer to younger person of the same generation
    2. pronoun used to refer to younger siblings or cousins descended from an ancestor who is/was a younger sibling to one's own or one's spouse's
    3. (formal) pronoun used to refer to a child or a student
      Synonym: con
  2. pronoun used to refer to the girl or woman in a romantic relationship
    Antonyms: anh, tôi

Usage notes

Textbooks tend to assume grade schoolers and middle schoolers to be young enough to be called em (literally little sibling), but high schoolers to be old enough to be called anh (big brother) and chị (big sister).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.

Adjective

em • (㛪, 俺, 腌)

  1. small; smaller

See also

  • anh
  • chị

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/

Noun

em f (plural emiau)

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

Mutation

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Yola

Pronoun

em

  1. Alternative form of him

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 51

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