em-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"

English

Etymology

See en- § Etymology.

Prefix

em-

1. The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.

Related terms

• disembodiment
• embankment
• embed
• embitter
• emblazon
• embodiment
• embody
• embolden
• emboss
• embus
• emplane
• empower

 

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with em-

See also

• en-
• im-
• in-

Anagrams

• -me-, /me, M&E, ME, Me, Me., me

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Catalan

Prefix

em-

1. em-, Alternative form of en-

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/

Prefix

em-

1. em- (form of en- before b, m or p)

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Northern Ndebele

Prefix

em-

1. Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• e- (before M and N)
• en- (before vowels and other consonants)

Prefix

em-

1. forms verbs indicating motion or transformation into the prefixed noun; in-

   Synonym: in-

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Spanish

Prefix

em-

1. Alternative form of en- used before b or p; em-

Further reading

• “em-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Xhosa

Prefix

em-

1. Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

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Zulu

Prefix

ḗm-

1. Class 9 adjective concord; form of en- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “em-, en-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “em-, en-”