"mem" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɛm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mem.wav Forms: mems [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”). Doublet of mu. Etymology templates: {{wp|mem}}, {{der|en|phn|𐤌𐤌||water|sc=Phnx|ts=mem}} Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”), {{der|en|sem-pro|*maʾ-||*maʾ-/*may-}} Proto-Semitic *maʾ- (“*maʾ-/*may-”), {{doublet|en|mu}} Doublet of mu Head templates: {{en-noun}} mem (plural mems)
  1. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Categories (topical): Hebrew letter names Synonyms: meem, mim Translations (Semitic letter): ܡܝܡ (mīm) [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), ܡܡ [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), mem [feminine] (Catalan), mem (Finnish), mém [masculine] (French), mem [masculine] (French), מֵם (Hebrew), mem [feminine, masculine] (Italian), mim (Malay), מם (mem) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-mem-en-noun-QjZMuHmG Disambiguation of Hebrew letter names: 87 7 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Classical Syriac translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 1 5 1 5 26 4 9 3 0 22 3 4 2 0 0 1 10 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 1 3 28 3 9 2 0 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 12 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɛm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mem.wav Forms: mems [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Clipping of memory. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|memory}} Clipping of memory Head templates: {{en-noun}} mem (plural mems)
  1. (slang) Clipping of memory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: memory
    Sense id: en-mem-en-noun-oPnMsOez
  2. (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing. Categories (topical): Theory of computing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gori mem, mim-mem
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛm"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:mem (computing)"
  ],
  "word": "mem"
}

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