Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yem

/ˈiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
yem
IPA
/ˈiəm/
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.

adv

Alternative spelling of hyem (“home”).

name

A surname from Khmer.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese yếm, from Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), from Old Chinese 裺 (/*qromʔ/, /*qoms/, “bib worn by infants”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: yếm, *ʔiɛmʔ, 裺

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈiəm/
  • British English: /ˈiːəm/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

yems (plural)

Synonyms

dudou tu-tou ao yem

Rhymes With

museum liam perineum geum meum notaeum gastraeum them em stem dem gem

Questions

How do you pronounce yem?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiəm/.
What does yem mean?
A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.
Where does yem come from?
It is traced to Vietnamese.

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