# teme
## English
### Etymology

Blend of technological +‎ meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.

### Noun

teme (plural temes)
* A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.

### Anagrams

* etem, meet, mete, teem

## Classical Nahuatl
### Noun

teme
* Obsolete spelling of temeh.

## Corsican
### Etymology

From Latin timēre.

### Verb

teme
* fear

## Dutch
### Verb

teme
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of temen

## Galician
### Verb

teme
* inflection of temer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.me/, /ˈtɛ.me/
* Rhymes: -eme, -ɛme
* Hyphenation: té‧me, tè‧me

### Verb

teme
* third-person singular present indicative of temere

### Anagrams

* mete

## Japanese
### Romanization

teme
* Rōmaji transcription of てめ

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French teme, tesme, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

#### Alternative forms

* teeme, theme, tyme

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛːm(ə)/

#### Noun

teme (plural temes)
* topic, focus, matter
* document, text

##### Descendants

* English: theme
* Scots: theme (obsolete)

##### References

* “tēme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

teme
* Alternative form of tem (“group”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

teme
* (Northern) Alternative form of tyme (“time”)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

teme
* Alternative form of temen (“to give birth, to support”)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

teme
* Alternative form of temen (“to drain, to empty”)

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

teme
* Alternative form of temen (“to tame”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteː.me/

### Verb

tēme
* inflection of tēman:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtẽ.mi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtẽ.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈte.me/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɛ.mɨ/
* Hyphenation: te‧me

### Verb

teme
* inflection of temer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.me/
* Rhymes: -eme
* Hyphenation: te‧me
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin timēre, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *tīmĕre.

#### Verb

a teme (third-person singular present teme, past participle temut) 3rd conjugation
* (reflexive) to fear

##### Derived terms

* temere

##### Related terms

* teamă
* teamăt
* temoare

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of temă.

#### Noun

teme f
* inflection of temă:
** indefinite plural
** indefinite genitive/dative singular

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* tjȅme (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *těmę.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tême/
* Hyphenation: te‧me

### Noun

tȅme n (Cyrillic spelling те̏ме)
* top, crown (of the head)
* top, apex

#### Declension
### Noun

teme (Cyrillic spelling теме)
* inflection of tema:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteme/ [ˈt̪e.me]
* Rhymes: -eme
* Syllabification: te‧me

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English teme.

#### Noun

teme m (plural temes)
* teme (technological meme)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

teme
* inflection of temar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

teme
* inflection of temer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “teme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tetelcingo Nahuatl
### Noun

teme
* plural of tietetu

## Wauja
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.mɛ/

### Noun

teme
* tapir, Tapirus terrestris

#### References

* E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.