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eme

1

[ eem ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.


-eme

2
  1. a suffix used principally in linguistics to form nouns with the sense “significant contrastive unit,” at the level of language specified by the stem:

    morpheme; tagmeme.

-eme

suffix forming nouns

  1. linguistics indicating a minimal distinctive unit of a specified type in a language

    phoneme

    morpheme

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eme1

before 1000; Middle English eem ( e ), Old English ēam; cognate with Dutch oom, German (arch.) Ohm, Oheim; akin to uncle

Origin of eme2

Extracted from phoneme
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eme1

C20: via French, abstracted from phoneme
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Example Sentences

Many former Eme stated that is why they left after feeling disillusioned.

Many of the ones around today are more like the Sprite Generation but there are still some old school left in La Eme.

Federal officials spent Wednesday arresting members of the Boyle Heights-based street gang which has strong ties to La Eme.

According to the indictment, it is part of a network of Latino gangs controlled by La Eme.

Ant muche neod is e neomen to ham muche eme for e mahen muchel beon urh ham i godet 190 iwurset.

Eme Ete came and knelt before her brother and begged him to set free one of them, a weak and timid creature, and this was done.

Eme Ete sent Ma a secret message, and she rose and followed him, and coaxed him to take the native oath instead of the ordeal.

In the swift way that only natives know about, Eme Ete received news of it.

Above the door of a house, once inhabited by a surgeon, occurs the following laconic intimation:—“Eme et habebis.”

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