em
English
Etymology 1
The typographic em is named after the metal type for the capital M in early printing, whose body was square (the printed letter M is almost never one em in width).
Pronunciation
Noun
em (plural ems)
- The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.
- The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
- (typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Etymology 2
Determiner
em
- Alternative form of 'em
Etymology 3
Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing the "th" from them, perhaps influenced by the pre-existing em/'em, now often perceived as apheretic forms of them (though originally unrelated).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
em (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive emself, possessive adjective eir, possessive pronoun eirs)
- (rare) A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her.
- 1986 April 1, Michael Spivak, The Joy of TeX: A Gourmet Guide to Typesetting with the AMS-TeX macro package[1], Providence: American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC Z253.4.T47 S673 1986, page 68:
- If the author uses such notation, it should be up to Em to indicate Eir intentions clearly, but there's no harm checking first.
- 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in Inman, James A., Sewell, Donna N., editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work[2], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Compare um.
Pronunciation
Interjection
em
- (Scotland, Ireland) a form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty; um; umm; erm
- She was going to, em... the salon, I think.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mē, from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-.
Pronoun
em (proclitic, contracted m', enclitic me, contracted enclitic 'm)
- me (direct or indirect object)
Declension
Related terms
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
em n
- The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.
Further reading
Kurdish
Pronunciation
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Pronoun
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- we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
em f (indeclinable)
- The name of the letter M.
Usage notes
- Multiple Latin names for the letter M, m have been suggested. The most common is em or a syllabic m, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, mē, əm, mə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιμμε (imme).
Coordinate terms
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
Etymology 2
Interjection
em
- of wonder or emphasis, there!
References
- “em”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “em”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- em in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
- to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
Latvian
Pronunciation
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Noun
em m (invariable)
- The Latvian name of the Latin script letter M/m.
See also
- Latvian letter names:
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
em
- Reduced form of him
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
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str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (formal) |
Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||
3rd person singular | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |
f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||
n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||
1st person plural | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | ||
2nd person plural | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||
3rd person plural | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech |
Marshallese
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Conjunction
em
References
Middle English
Pronoun
em
- Alternative form of hem
References
- “hem, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Old Frisian
Noun
ēm m
- an uncle, mother's brother
Inflection
Declension of ēm (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ēm | ēmar, ēma |
genitive | ēmes | ēma |
dative | ēme | ēmum, ēmem |
accusative | ēm | ēmar, ēma |
Old Norse
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *immi ("am"; a form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognate with English am, Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Latin sum (“am”), Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimí), Albanian jam (“I am”), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi), Latvian esmu (“(I) am”), esam (“we are”).
Verb
em
- I am, first-person of vera (meaning "to be")
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”). Doublet of in.
Pronunciation
Preposition
em
- in; inside; within (contained by)
- Estou na minha casa.
- I’m in my house.
- Encontraram umas moedas no baú.
- They found some coins inside the chest.
- on; on top of (located just above the surface of)
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:
- Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]
- Then the smile reappeared on his face [...]
- Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]
- O livro está na mesa.
- The book is on the table.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:
- in; at (located in a location)
- Os soldados estão na Crimeia.
- The soldiers are in Crimea.
- in (part of; a member of)
- Só três jogadores ainda estão nesse time.
- Only three players are still in this team.
- in; into; inside (towards the inside of)
- A água entrou em várias casas.
- The water got into various houses.
- indicates the target of an action
- Quero dar um soco na tua cara.
- I want to punch you in the face.
- Mete um processo neles.
- Shove a lawsuit down their throats.
- in (pertaining to the particular thing)
- Ela não passou em inglês.
- She didn’t pass in English.
- in (immediately after a period of time)
- Entraremos em contato com você em duas semanas.
- We will get in contact with you in two weeks.
- in; during (within a period of time)
- O jornal será publicado no dia cinco.
- The newspaper will be published on the fifth.
- at; in (in a state of)
- Estamos em perigo!
- We’re in danger!
- in (indicates means, medium, format, genre or instrumentality)
- Fomos pagos em moeda estrangeira.
- We were paid in foreign currency.
- in (indicates a language, script, tone etc. of writing, speaking etc.)
- Li um livro em holandês.
- I read a book in Dutch.
- in (wearing)
- A moça em preto.
- The lady in black.
- (slang) indicates that the object deserves a given punishment
- Cadeia nele!
- He should be in jail! (literally: jail on him!)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:em.
Synonyms
- (inside): dentro de
- (on): sobre, em cima de
- (part of): parte de
- (into): para dentro de
- (immediately after): logo depois/após
- (during): consoante, durante
- (wearing): de, vestido de, vestindo
Usage notes
When followed by an article, a pronoun, a demonstrative pronoun or adjective, em is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:
Em + article | Combined form |
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em + o | no |
em + a | na |
em + os | nos |
em + as | nas |
em + um | num |
em + uma | numa |
em + uns | nuns |
em + umas | numas |
Em + pronoun | Combined form |
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em + ela | nela |
em + elas | nelas |
em + ele | nele |
em + eles | neles |
Em + dem. pronoun | Combined form |
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em + aquela | naquela |
em + aquelas | naquelas |
em + aquele | naquele |
em + aqueles | naqueles |
em + aquilo | naquilo |
em + esse | nesse |
em + essa | nessa |
em + esses | nesses |
em + essas | nessas |
em + este | neste |
em + esta | nesta |
em + estes | nestes |
em + estas | nestas |
em + isso | nisso |
em + isto | nisto |
em + outra | noutra |
em + outras | noutras |
em + outro | noutro |
em + outros | noutros |
Scots
Verb
em
- (South Scots) emphatic first-person singular simple present of ti be
See also
Swedish
Alternative forms
- em.
- e.m.
- e. m.
Noun
em
- pm (indicating hours in the afternoon); Abbreviation of eftermiddagen.
Usage notes
- Since the 1960s, Sweden primarily uses the 24 hour clock, making am/pm abbreviations unnecessary and less common
Antonyms
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Pronoun
em
- The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
Pronoun
em
Veps
Verb
em
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(sʔ)iəm; cognate with Pacoh a-em (“younger sibling”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- em trai (“younger brother”)
- em gái (“younger sister”)
Pronoun
- (familiar) I; me (when you speak to a person who is (presumably) not much older than you, your teacher, or if you're the female partner in a heterosexual relationship or marriage)
- (familiar) you (when you speak to a person who is (presumably) not much younger than you, or your student, or if you're the male partner in a heterosexual relationship or marriage)
Synonyms
- (in teacher-student relationship): con
Adjective
See also
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/ɛm
- English lemmas
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- en:Latin letter names
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- en:Typography
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- Scottish English
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- en:Gender
- en:Units of measure
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
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- cs:Latin letter names
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- la:Letter names of the Roman alphabet
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- Latvian indeclinable nouns
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
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- Luxembourgish personal pronouns
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Middle English lemmas
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- Old Frisian lemmas
- Old Frisian nouns
- Old Frisian masculine nouns
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Torres Strait Creole terms inherited from English
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- vi:Family