"meme" meaning in Italian

See meme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛ.me/ (note: Italianized), /ˈme.me/ (note: Italianized), /ˈmim/ (note: English-based), /ˈmi.mi/ (note: English-based), /ˈmɛm/ (note: English-based) Forms: memi [error-unknown-tag, plural], meme [plural], memes [error-unknown-tag, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛme, -eme, -im, -imi, -ɛm Etymology: Borrowed from English meme. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|en|meme}} Borrowed from English meme Head templates: {{it-noun|m|+<q:Italianized pronunciation only>,#,memes<q:English-based pronunciations only>}} meme m (plural (Italianized pronunciation only) memi or meme or (English-based pronunciations only) memes)
  1. meme (media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations) Tags: Internet, masculine
    Sense id: en-meme-it-noun-ky20xUXp Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian nouns with multiple plurals, Memetics Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with multiple plurals: 59 41 Disambiguation of Memetics: 46 54
  2. meme (specific instance of a meme) Tags: Internet, masculine
    Sense id: en-meme-it-noun-LfaPO8h4 Categories (other): Internet, Memetics Disambiguation of Internet: 32 68 Disambiguation of Memetics: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: memare, memino [diminutive]

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "memare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "memino"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English meme.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "memi",
      "tags": [
        "error-unknown-tag",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "meme",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memes",
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        "error-unknown-tag",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mè‧me, mé‧me"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mè",
        "me"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "mé",
        "me"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
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          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "59 41",
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          "name": "Italian nouns with multiple plurals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
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              2,
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              142
            ]
          ],
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              8,
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            ],
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              8,
              13
            ],
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          "english": "Digital memes are viral content capable of monopolizing the attention of web users. A video, a drawing, an image can become a meme (a term coined in 1976 by biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, to indicate an entity of replicable information) when its \"replicability\", which depends on its capacity of arousing an emotion, is highest.",
          "ref": "2011 December 18, Federica Colonna, “La Lettura”, in Corriere della Sera, page 9:",
          "text": "I memi digitali sono contenuti virali in grado di monopolizzare l’attenzione degli utenti sul web. Un video, un disegno, una foto diventa meme (termine coniato nel 1976 dal biologo Richard Dawkins ne Il gene egoista per indicare un’entità di informazione replicabile) quando la sua «replicabilità», che dipende dalla capacità di suscitare un’emozione, è massima.",
          "translation": "Digital memes are viral content capable of monopolizing the attention of web users. A video, a drawing, an image can become a meme (a term coined in 1976 by biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, to indicate an entity of replicable information) when its \"replicability\", which depends on its capacity of arousing an emotion, is highest.",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ]
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        },
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ.me/",
      "note": "Italianized"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.me/",
      "note": "Italianized"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛme"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eme"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmim/",
      "note": "English-based"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.mi/",
      "note": "English-based"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛm/",
      "note": "English-based"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-imi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meme"
}
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    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian nouns with multiple plurals",
    "Italian terms borrowed from English",
    "Italian terms derived from English",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/eme",
    "Rhymes:Italian/eme/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Italian/im",
    "Rhymes:Italian/im/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:Italian/imi",
    "Rhymes:Italian/imi/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛm",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛm/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛme",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛme/2 syllables",
    "it:Internet",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English meme.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "error-unknown-tag",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meme",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "error-unknown-tag",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    "mè‧me, mé‧me"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "mè",
        "me"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "mé",
        "me"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
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              2,
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              8,
              12
            ],
            [
              8,
              13
            ],
            [
              126,
              130
            ]
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          "english": "Digital memes are viral content capable of monopolizing the attention of web users. A video, a drawing, an image can become a meme (a term coined in 1976 by biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, to indicate an entity of replicable information) when its \"replicability\", which depends on its capacity of arousing an emotion, is highest.",
          "ref": "2011 December 18, Federica Colonna, “La Lettura”, in Corriere della Sera, page 9:",
          "text": "I memi digitali sono contenuti virali in grado di monopolizzare l’attenzione degli utenti sul web. Un video, un disegno, una foto diventa meme (termine coniato nel 1976 dal biologo Richard Dawkins ne Il gene egoista per indicare un’entità di informazione replicabile) quando la sua «replicabilità», che dipende dalla capacità di suscitare un’emozione, è massima.",
          "translation": "Digital memes are viral content capable of monopolizing the attention of web users. A video, a drawing, an image can become a meme (a term coined in 1976 by biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, to indicate an entity of replicable information) when its \"replicability\", which depends on its capacity of arousing an emotion, is highest.",
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        "meme (media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations)"
      ],
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          "meme",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "masculine"
      ]
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        "meme (specific instance of a meme)"
      ],
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          "meme",
          "meme#English"
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      ],
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        "Internet",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ.me/",
      "note": "Italianized"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.me/",
      "note": "Italianized"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛme"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eme"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmim/",
      "note": "English-based"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.mi/",
      "note": "English-based"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛm/",
      "note": "English-based"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-imi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meme"
}

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