"-eme" meaning in English

See -eme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-iːm/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek φωνέω (phōnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma)der. English phonemeclip. English -eme Extracted from phoneme, from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Thus from a hypothetical suffix -ημα (-ēma), formed from -έω (-éō) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:clip|phoneme|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek φωνέω (phōnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma)der. English phonemeclip. 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Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek φωνέω (phōnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma)der. English phonemeclip. English -eme Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -eme, {{en-suffix}} -eme
  1. Indicating a fundamental unit in some kind of structure, chiefly linguistic structure. Tags: morpheme Translations (linguistic base unit): -ույթ (-uytʻ) (Armenian), -ema [masculine] (Catalan), -ème [masculine] (French), -ema [masculine] (Galician), -éma (Hungarian), -em [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), -ema [masculine] (Portuguese), -е́ма (-éma) [feminine] (Russian), -ima [masculine] (Sicilian), -ema [masculine] (Sicilian), -ema [masculine] (Spanish)
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    }
  ],
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        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα",
        "English clippings",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sicilian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "phone + -eme → phoneme",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "metaphor + -eme → metaphoreme",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "prosody + -eme → prosodeme",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/-iːm/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "-uytʻ",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "word": "-ույթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ème"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ema"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "word": "-éma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-em"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "-éma",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-е́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ima"
    },
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      "code": "scn",
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      "lang_code": "scn",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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}

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