veem

See also: vêem

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch veme. Cognate with Middle Low German vēme. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Noun

veem n (plural vemen, diminutive veempje n)

1. (archaic) association, organisation, guild
2. (dated, particularly) a company that handles storage of goods
3. (by extension) a place where goods are stored; warehouse

   Synonyms: pakhuis, warenhuis

Usage notes

• The word veem in the sense warehouse is today largely restricted to technical logistic contexts. The word pakhuis is far more common in general parlance.

Derived terms

• veemgerecht
• veemvoorraad
• vennoot

Descendants

• → Indonesian: veem

Further reading

• veem on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Galician

Verb

veem

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch veem (“warehouse”, literally “guild, association”).

Noun

veem (plural veem-veem)

1. warehouse

Further reading

• “veem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• vêem (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ẽj̃/ [ˈve.ẽɪ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɐ̃j̃/, /ˈvɐj.ɐ̃j̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɐ̃j̃/, /ˈvɐj.ɐ̃j̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ɐ̃j̃/, /ˈbej.ɐ̃j̃/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɐ̃j̃/, /ˈvej.ɐ̃j̃/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ɐ̃j̃/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: ve‧em

Verb

veem

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Etymology 2

Verb

veem

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1920 in Portugal) of vêm

Usage notes

In Portugal, before 1920 (as made official in the 1911 reform), the third-person plural present indicative of vir was spelled veem. Between 1911 and 1920, a distinction was maintained with vêem, from the verb ver.

In Portugal before 1920, and in Brazil before 1943, the conjugations of vir and ver were often homographs. The 1920 modification to the Orthographic Form of 1911 introduced the form vêm in Portugal, which was later made official in Brazil.

See also teem (from ter) and lêem (from ler).