Standard Lemma guide

yem

adv · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /jɛm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛm
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiːəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈiəm/
  • rhymes with -iːəm

1

adv

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of hyem (“home”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Geordie, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Khmer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dudou, tu-tou, ao yem

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bib, bodice, haltertop

History

Etymology

See hyem.

Borrowed from Khmer យ៉ែម (yaem).

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

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 肚兜 (tou5 dau1) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肚兜 (dùdōu) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Dutch: yem — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Esperanto: yem — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • German: Yem — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Italian: yem — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Japanese: イェム (iemu) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Khmer: អៀម (ʼiəm) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Lao: ອ້ຽມ (ʼīam) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Persian: یم (yam) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Thai: เอี๊ยม (íiam) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Thai: เต่า (dtào) — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Turkish: yem — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • Vietnamese: yếm — Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom