nem

nem

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nemi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nemi terms

• ɣanim

nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)

1. man

• Africana Marburgensia (1973)

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nam¹ (“good”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“good”).

• IPA^(key): /nem/

nem- (Bengali script নেম)

1. to get better; to heal (oneself)

nem- (Bengali script নেম, type 1)

1. good

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

• nom

• IPA^(key): /ˈnem/ [ˈn̪em]

nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Hello

   Synonyms: komusta, tara

nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?

   Synonym: tara

Borrowed from English name.

nem

1. name

   Nika nem Ling Fu. ― My name is Ling Fu.

From Old Norse næmr (“talented”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmiz (“takeable”).

• IPA^(key): /nɛm/, [ˈnɛmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɛmˀ

nem (neuter nemt, plural and definite singular attributive nemme, comparative nemmere, superlative (predicative) nemmest, superlative (attributive) nemmeste)

1. easy

• let

Eastern Cham cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : nam,

• nam / ꨘꩌ
• ꨘꨮꩌ

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• IPA^(key): /nəm/

nem

1. six

Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.

• IPA^(key): /nɛm/

• Audio:

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nem m (plural nems)

1. a type of Vietnamese spring roll
2. more generally, any spring roll

• m'en

• 'nem

• IPA^(key): /nəm/

nem

1. (colloquial) contraction of einem (“a, an”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛm]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nem
• Rhymes: -ɛm

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In the Ob-Ugric languages, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as Northern Mansi нэ̄матыр (nè̄matyr, “nothing”), нэ̄мхо̄т (nè̄mhōt, “nowhere”), нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”) (Sosva) and Northern Khanty нємхуйат (nêmhujat, “nobody”) (Kazym) or нємәԓхуйат (nêməłhujat)/нємәԯхуйат (nêməłhujat) etc.

nem

2. no, not

nem!

1. no, not

nem (plural nemek)

2. no (a negative answer)
   • 1994, Ottó Orbán, Cédula a romokon (A Note on the Ruins), Fenegyerekek közt hallgatnak a múzsák (essay)^[1]

     …másképp szólva, mi ketten együtt vagyunk a kozmosz kettes számrendszerének igenje és nemje, belénk írva a program, mely a világot mozgatja.

     …in other words, we both are together the yes and no of the binary system of the cosmos, with the program that moves the world written in us.

   nemet mond ― to say no

Of unknown origin.^[2]

nem (plural nemek)

2. sex
4. gender; short for társadalmi nem, which distinguishes gender as opposed to sex
6. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
8. (zoology, taxonomy) genus (rank in the taxonomic classification of animals, between family and species)

   Coordinate term: nemzetség (the same rank for plants and fungi, which denotes “tribe” among animals)

10. kind, sort

    egyedülálló a maga nemében ― unique of its kind

(grammar):

• → Romanian: neam

• (gender, sex, type): nem in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (no, not): nem in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• nem in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Shortened form of enem, from Old Javanese enem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• enem

nem

1. six

nem

1. dated spelling of nèm

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnẽː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛm]

nem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /nəm/ [ɳɨm]
• Rhymes: -əm
• Syllabification: nem

nëm

1. six

Cognate with Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham, Unami chikënëm, Quiripi nahiam.

nem anim (plural nemiyik, possessed nemimol, diminutive nemsis)

1. turkey

Maranao numbers ^(edit)

←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: nem

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

nem

1. six

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

nem

1. alternative form of em

nem

1. name

• naame (Mooring)

From Old Frisian nema.

nem

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to take

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈnɛm/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈnɛm/

nem

1. alternative form of nám

From Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

• IPA^(key): [n͈ʲeβ̃]

nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)

1. heaven
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6^c9

     Ní hed not·beir i nem, cía ba loingthech.

     It is not this that brings you sg into heaven, that you may be gluttonous.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22^b23

     Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.

     Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.

2. sky
3. radiance

• nemdae

• Irish: neamh
• Manx: niau
• Scottish Gaelic: nèamh

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

nem

1. inflection of nema:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

• rem

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nem, from Proto-Tupian *nem.

nem (noun form nema)

1. stinky

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nema”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 328–329

From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

nem

1. heaven

• Middle Welsh: new
  • Welsh: nef

• nẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”). Compare Galician nin, Catalan, French, and Spanish ni, Italian né.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: nem

nem (not comparable)

2. not even (introduces an emphatic negation)

   Nem eu sabia disso.

   Not even I knew this.

4. do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)

   Nem pense em fazer isso.

   Don’t even think about doing this.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nem.

nem (not comparable)

2. neither … nor

   Nem gosto nem desgosto.

   I neither like it nor dislike it.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 138:

     Nem Harry nem Hermione responderam; não carecia.

     Neither Harry nor Hermione did respond; they didn't need to.

nem

2. nor; and not (introduces a further negative statement)

   Não sei, nem quero saber.

   I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. / I neither know nor want to.

4. nor (introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true)

   Devemos aguentar sem água nem comida.

   We must endure without water nor food.

nem!

1. (Brazil, colloquial) nah, no

   Você gosta de abóbora? Nem! Eu prefiro cenoura.

   Do you like pumpkin? Nah! I prefer carrot.

• nenhum

• nijȇm (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němъ. Doublet of Nemac

• IPA^(key): /nêːm/

nȇm (Cyrillic spelling не̑м, definite nȇmī)

1. mute, dumb
2. silent, soundless (movie)

• “nem”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

• IPA^(key): /néːm/

nẹ̑m (not comparable)

1. mute

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	ném	néma	némo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ném ind némi def	néma	némo
genitive	némega	néme	némega
dative	némemu	némi	némemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	némo	némo
locative	némem	némi	némem
instrumental	némim	némo	némim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	néma	némi	némi
genitive	némih	némih	némih
dative	némima	némima	némima
accusative	néma	némi	némi
locative	némih	némih	némih
instrumental	némima	némima	némima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	némi	néme	néma
genitive	némih	némih	némih
dative	némim	némim	némim
accusative	néme	néme	néma
locative	némih	némih	némih
instrumental	némimi	némimi	némimi

• “nem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From English name.

nem

1. name

   Wanem nem bilong yu? ― What is your name?

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:11:

     Nem bilong namba wan wara em Pison na em i go raunim kantri Havila.

     →New International Version translation

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نم (nem), from Classical Persian نم (nam), Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam), from Proto-Iranian *nábah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos

• IPA^(key): /nem/, [næm]

• Audio:

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nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)

1. moisture
2. humidity

• “nem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nem”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The "fermented pork" sense is probably the most original.”)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɛm˧˧]

nem • (腩, 粘, 𬛈, 𦟶, 𲉯)

1. fermented pork
2. spring roll

• → French: nem
• → Khmer: ណែម (naem)
• → Lao: ແໜມ (nǣm)
• → Thai: แหนม (nɛ̌ɛm)

• men

nem (nominative plural nems)

1. name