mem

¹

[ mem ]

noun

1. the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

mem.

²

abbreviation for

1. member.
2. memoir.
3. memorandum.
4. memorial.

mem

/ mɛm /

noun

1. the 13th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (מ or, at the end of a word, ם), transliterated as m

Word History and Origins

Origin of mem¹

1895–1900; < Hebrew mēm, akin to mayim water

Word History and Origins

Origin of mem¹

Hebrew, literally: water

Example Sentences

Mem, mem, mem,’ ” she wrote in a preface to an excerpt from the eventual memoir, “The Shadow Factory,” in The American Scholar.

From New York Times

Such is the endurance of childhood mem­ories that anyone who has ever grown up with a summer home can’t help but view all family getaways through the prism of those early experiences.

From Architectural Digest

Little more than a link and a line identifying the sender, Dec. 11th's email started like this: “Hi, I am a mem of guard-of-pis.”

From Los Angeles Times

It tasted warm and animal, if my mem­ory is right.

From Literature

People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had mem­orized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation.

From Literature