yem

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UK/ˈiːəm/US/ˈiəm/US, UK/jɛm/

noun

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.

Similar
dudoutu-touao yem
OriginVietnamese yếm ← mkh-vie-pro *ʔiɛmʔ ← Old Chinese 裺 →
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Meanings

yem1

nounyem (plural yems)

plural yems

  1. businessA 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.

    Synonyms: dudou, tu-tou, ao yem

yem2

adverbyem (not comparable)
  1. Geordiealternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of hyem (“home”).

Yem3

proper nounYem (plural Yems)

plural Yems

  1. A surname from Khmer.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
dudoutu-touao yem
Also see
dudou

Origin

yem · noun

  1. Old Chinese裺“bib worn by infants”
  2. mkh-vie-pro*ʔiɛmʔ“breastplate”
  3. Vietnameseyếm
  4. Englishyem

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

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yem · adverb

See hyem.

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Yem · proper noun

  1. Khmerយ៉ែម
  2. EnglishYem

Borrowed from Khmer យ៉ែម (yaem).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 肚兜
  • 肚兜 (tou⁵ dau¹)Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Chinese Mandarin 肚兜
  • 肚兜 (dùdōu)Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Dutch yem
  • yemVietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Esperanto yem
  • yemVietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
German Yem
  • YemVietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Italian yem
  • yemVietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Japanese イェム
  • イェム (iemu)Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Persian یم
  • یم (yam)Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Thai เอี๊ยม, เต่า
  • เอี๊ยม (íiam)Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
  • เต่า (dtào)Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Turkish yem
  • yemVietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom
Vietnamese yếm
  • yếmVietnamese bodice with a halterneck and V-shaped bottom

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yem

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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