me
Meaning
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- The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- (colloquial) The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- As the complement of the copula (be).
- Used for the pronoun in isolation or in apposition.
- (informal) I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
- I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
- I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/miː/
Etymology
From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognates Cognate with Scots me (“me”), North Frisian me (“me”), Saterland Frisian mie (“me”), Dutch me, mij (“me”), Low German mi (“me”), German mir (“me”, dative), Icelandic mér (“me”, dative), Latin mē (“me”), Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”).
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