tame

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tām, IPA(key): /teɪm/ Rhymes: -eɪm Homophone: Thame === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”). Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”). The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”). ==== Adjective ==== tame (comparative tamer, superlative tamest) (chiefly of animals) Accustomed to human contact. (chiefly of animals) Docile or tranquil towards humans. (figurative) Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme. (obsolete) Of a non-Westernised person, accustomed to European society. Not exciting. Synonyms: dull, flat, insipid, unexciting Antonym: exciting Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. (mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain. Antonym: wild ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:tame. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tame (third-person singular simple present tames, present participle taming, simple past and past participle tamed) (transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. (transitive) To make submissive or docile. (transitive) To take control of something that is unruly. (intransitive) To become tame or domesticated. (transitive) To make gentle or meek. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== tame on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Middle English tamen (“to cut into, broach”). Compare French entamer. ==== Verb ==== tame (third-person singular simple present tames, present participle taming, simple past and past participle tamed) (obsolete, UK, dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. === Anagrams === maté, META, team, meat, mate, meta, Meta, meta-, AEMT, Team, Atem, -mate, ATEM, Tema == Huichol == === Etymology === Likely related to Classical Nahuatl ti- (“we”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.me/ === Pronoun === táme we (first-person plural subject pronoun) == Inari Sami == === Etymology === From Proto-Samic *δëmē. === Pronunciation === === Noun === taṃe glue ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === tame in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022), Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎[1], Tromsø: UiT Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland == Japanese == === Romanization === tame Rōmaji transcription of ため == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English tam, tom, from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”). ==== Adjective ==== tame (of animals) tame, domesticated (of plants) cultivated, domesticated overcome, subdued (of people) meek, compliant (anatomy, medicine, of a fistula) inner, interior ===== Alternative forms ===== tam; tom, tome (early Southwest and Southwest Midlands) ===== Descendants ===== English: tame Scots: tame ==== References ==== “tāme, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tame (third-person singular simple present tameth, present participle tamende, tamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tamed) alternative form of tamen (“to cut, carve”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== tame (uncountable) (Northern) alternative form of tome (“freetime”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === tame (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tam (non-standard since 2012) plural of tam == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === tame (Cyrillic spelling таме) inflection of tama: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Swedish == === Adjective === tame definite natural masculine singular of tam === Anagrams === meta, team, tema