mème

See also: meme, Meme, mémé, même, mëmë, and me'me'

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English meme, shortened from mimeme, coined from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛm/
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  • Homophones: mèmes (general), même, mêmes (except regionally)

Noun

mème m (plural mèmes)

  1. meme (unit of cultural information)
  2. (Internet memes, slang) meme
    • 2020 October 7, Corentin Lamy, “« Mèmes décentralisés », ou l’humour Web qui se moque autant de Paris que de la province”, in Le Monde‎[1]:
      Son avenir, le duo le voit d’ailleurs plutôt sur Instagram que sur Facebook, la plate-forme d’échange d’images étant devenue le nouvel eldorado du mème.
      Incidentally, the pair think it has more of a future on Instagram than on Facebook, the image-sharing platform having become the new El Dorado of the meme.

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