English Online Dictionary. What means mem? What does mem mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛm/
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Etymology 1
From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /mem/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”). Doublet of mu.
Alternative forms
- meem, mim
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Hebrew alphabet
Etymology 2
Clipping of memory.
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- (slang) Clipping of memory.
- (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing.
See also
- gori mem
- mim-mem
Anagrams
- EMM, Emm
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from English meme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mem], [mɛm]
Noun
mem (definite accusative memi, plural memlər)
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- internet meme
Further reading
- mem on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
- İnternet memi on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English meme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈmɛm]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmem]
Noun
mem m (plural mems)
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- internet meme
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mem” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2025.
- mem on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
- mem d'Internet on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Czech
Noun
mem m inan
- meme
Declension
Related terms
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from French même.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mem]
- Hyphenation: mem
Particle
mem
- -self, -selves
Derived terms
- memkontenta
- memportreto
- memmortigo
Pronoun
mem
- itself
Finnish
Etymology
From Phoenician [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmem/, [ˈme̞m]
- Rhymes: -em
- Hyphenation(key): mem
Noun
mem
- 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
- even, still (in comparison)
- (emphasis) really, indeed
See also
- ya (“indeed”)
Italian
Etymology
From Hebrew מם (mēm), from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm, “water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmem/
- Rhymes: -em
- Hyphenation: mém
Noun
mem m or f (invariable)
- mem, specifically:
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤌
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter מ/ם
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French même.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Adjective
mem
- same
Adverb
mem
- even
Derived terms
- mem si
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English meme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛm/
- Rhymes: -ɛm
- Syllabification: mem
Noun
mem m inan
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- meme (something copied and circulated online)
Declension
Further reading
- mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Alternative forms
- meme
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): /meːm/
Noun
mem c
- a meme (unit of cultural information)
- (Internet, chiefly in the alternative form "meme") a meme
- Synonym: (slang) mejmej
Declension
Related terms
- memetik
References
- mem in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- (“to measure”). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *mēdye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor), or alternatively to *meh₁-ye/o- from *meh₁- (“to measure”) (whence Latin mētior). Compare Tocharian B maim.
Noun
mem
- thought, thinking
Volapük
Noun
mem (nominative plural mems)
- memory
Declension
West Frisian
Etymology
Probably from Old Frisian *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā. Compare English mum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛm/
Noun
mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)
- mother, mom
- Coordinate term: heit
Further reading
- “mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011