мем

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mem"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English meme. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛm]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

мем • (mem) m (diminutive ме́мче)

1. meme (unit of information transmitted between minds)
2. (Internet) meme (widely-shared (piece of) media)

   Synonyms: ме́ме (méme), мийм (mijm)

Declension

Declension of мем

	singular	plural
indefinite	мем mem	ме́мове mémove
definite (subject form)	ме́мът mémǎt	ме́мовете mémovete
definite (object form)	ме́ма méma
count form	—	ме́ма méma

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English meme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛm]

Noun

мем • (mem) m (plural меми or мемиња)

1. meme

   Synonym: јасјас (jasjas)

Declension

Declension of мем

	singular	plural
indefinite	мем (mem)	мемиња (meminja)
definite unspecified	мемот (memot)	мемињата (meminjata)
definite proximal	мемов (memov)	мемињава (meminjava)
definite distal	мемон (memon)	мемињана (meminjana)
vocative	мему (memu)	мемиња (meminja)
count form	—	мема (mema)

Nivkh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mem/

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn), probably via a Turkic language.

Noun

мем (mem)

1. (zoology) monkey

Synonyms

• обезьяна (obezjjana)

Etymology 2

Noun

мем (mem)

1. (meteorology, East Sakhalin) rainbow

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English meme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲem]

Noun

мем • (mem) m inan (genitive ме́ма, nominative plural ме́мы, genitive plural ме́мов)

1. meme

Declension

Declension of мем (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ме́м mém	ме́мы mémy
genitive	ме́ма méma	ме́мов mémov
dative	ме́му mému	ме́мам mémam
accusative	ме́м mém	ме́мы mémy
instrumental	ме́мом mémom	ме́мами mémami
prepositional	ме́ме méme	ме́мах mémax

Derived terms

• мемас (memas)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛm]

Etymology 1

From English ma'am.

Noun

мем • (mem) f pers (indeclinable)

1. ma'am (polite term of address to a woman in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries)

   Synonym: мада́м (madám)

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “мем1”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “мем”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Etymology 2

From English meme.

Noun

мем • (mem) m inan (genitive ме́ма, nominative plural ме́ми, genitive plural ме́мів)

1. meme

Declension

Declension of мем
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мем mem	ме́ми mémy
genitive	ме́ма méma	ме́мів mémiv
dative	ме́мові, ме́му mémovi, mému	ме́мам mémam
accusative	мем mem	ме́ми mémy
instrumental	ме́мом mémom	ме́мами mémamy
locative	ме́мі mémi	ме́мах mémax
vocative	ме́ме méme	ме́ми mémy

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “мем2”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “мем”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мем”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)