eam

E1A1M3
/ˈiːm/

noun

Uncle.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

eam1

nouneam (plural eams)

plural eams · alternative eame · alternative Scotland eme

  1. dialectalobsoleteUncle.

    James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.

    2011, Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622

EAM2

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismanatomyInitialism of external auditory meatus.
proper noun
  1. IndiaabbreviationacronymAcronym of External Affairs Minister.

    In the words of Indian EAM Swaraj, the dialogue is “the starting point for a new era in relations between India and Central Asia."

    2020, Anil Sigdel, India in the Era of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: How Modi Responds to Xi, →ISBN, page 44
    1 more example

    The EAM said that the post Cold War era has opened up new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries. The EAM conveyed India's hope to work closely with Iran in the international forums.

    1995, BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts - Asia Pacific, page 3
  2. abbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of Ethnikó Apeleftherotikó Métopo, the Greek National Liberation Front.

    Against this background, EAM succeeded in establishing a Provisional Government in the mountains of ‘Free Greece’ in March 1944.

    2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 285
    1 more example

    It was only a matter of time before EAM walked out of the provisional government in frustration over demands that the partisans demobilise.

    2014 November 30, Ed Vulliamy, Helena Smith, The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwh₂os“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”
  2. Proto-Germanic*awahaimaz“maternal uncle”
  3. Old Englishēam“maternal uncle”
  4. Middle Englisheem
  5. Englisheam

From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom and ohm.

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APA

eam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eam

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“eam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eam.

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