"mème" meaning in French

See mème in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛm/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-mème.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-mème.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-mème.wav Forms: mèmes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English meme, shortened from mimeme, coined from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|meme}} Borrowed from English meme, {{der|fr|grc|μῑμέομαι}} Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} mème m (plural mèmes)
  1. meme (unit of cultural information) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mème-fr-noun-gBA2ldNW Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (Internet memes, slang) meme Tags: masculine, slang Categories (topical): Internet memes
    Sense id: en-mème-fr-noun-ooqcpj6E Disambiguation of Internet memes: 22 78 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "meme"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English meme",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μῑμέομαι"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English meme, shortened from mimeme, coined from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mèmes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mème m (plural mèmes)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meme (unit of cultural information)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mème-fr-noun-gBA2ldNW",
      "links": [
        [
          "meme",
          "meme"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Internet memes",
          "orig": "fr:Internet memes",
          "parents": [
            "Comedy",
            "Internet",
            "Memetics",
            "Drama",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Philosophy",
            "Theater",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Fundamental",
            "Culture",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Incidentally, the pair think it has more of a future on Instagram than on Facebook, the image-sharing platform having become the new El Dorado of the meme.",
          "ref": "2020 October 7, Corentin Lamy, “« Mèmes décentralisés », ou l’humour Web qui se moque autant de Paris que de la province”, in Le Monde:",
          "text": "Son avenir, le duo le voit d’ailleurs plutôt sur Instagram que sur Facebook, la plate-forme d’échange d’images étant devenue le nouvel eldorado du mème.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meme"
      ],
      "id": "en-mème-fr-noun-ooqcpj6E",
      "links": [
        [
          "meme",
          "meme"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Internet memes",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet memes, slang) meme"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-mème.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-mème.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-mème.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mèmes (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "même"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mêmes (except regionally)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mème"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from English",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from English",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Internet memes"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "meme"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English meme",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μῑμέομαι"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English meme, shortened from mimeme, coined from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mèmes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mème m (plural mèmes)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "meme (unit of cultural information)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meme",
          "meme"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French slang",
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Incidentally, the pair think it has more of a future on Instagram than on Facebook, the image-sharing platform having become the new El Dorado of the meme.",
          "ref": "2020 October 7, Corentin Lamy, “« Mèmes décentralisés », ou l’humour Web qui se moque autant de Paris que de la province”, in Le Monde:",
          "text": "Son avenir, le duo le voit d’ailleurs plutôt sur Instagram que sur Facebook, la plate-forme d’échange d’images étant devenue le nouvel eldorado du mème.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meme"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meme",
          "meme"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Internet memes",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet memes, slang) meme"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-mème.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-m%C3%A8me.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-mème.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-m%C3%A8me.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-mème.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Simon_Villeneuve-m%C3%A8me.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mèmes (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "même"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mêmes (except regionally)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mème"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mème meaning in French (3.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.