queme

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English quemen (“to please”), from Old English cwēman (“to gratify, satisfy, please”) (compare cwēme (“pleasant, agreeable, acceptable”) and cwēmnes (“pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, be convenient, suit”), from *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Compare obsolete Swedish kväma, Danish kvemme. Related to Old English cuman (“to come”), English come. Compare also quim. === Verb === queme (third-person singular simple present quemes, present participle queming, simple past and past participle quemed) (obsolete) To please, to satisfy. == Asturian == === Verb === queme first-person singular present subjunctive of quemar third-person singular present subjunctive of quemar == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English ġecwēme, from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmī, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== queeme, quem, qwem, qweme, wheme cweme (Early Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkweːm(ə)/ ==== Adjective ==== queme (plural and weak singular quemere, comparative quemest) (Early Middle English or Northern and Northwest Midland) satisfying, satisfactory, agreeable: suitable, appropriate generous, kind, friendly attractive, beautiful, pleasant-looking (rare) deft, capable, skilled ===== Related terms ===== quemen ===== Descendants ===== English: wheem (dialectal) Middle Scots: queme Scots: queem, quim ===== References ===== “quẹ̄m(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. ==== Noun ==== queme (uncountable) (chiefly Northern and Northwest Midland) satisfaction, liking, agreeability ===== Descendants ===== >? English: quim ===== References ===== “quẹ̄m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== queme alternative form of quemen == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈkwɛmə/ === Verb === quëme first/third-person singular present subjunctive of quëmen == Old High German == === Verb === quëme first/third-person singular present subjunctive of quëman == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkeme/ [ˈke.me] Rhymes: -eme Syllabification: que‧me === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from quemar. ==== Noun ==== queme m (plural quemes) (psychology, ergonomics) burnout === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== queme inflection of quemar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative