totem
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊtəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊtəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊtəm
- Hyphenation: to‧tem
Noun
[edit]totem (plural totems)
- Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.
- The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.
- 1921, Wilhelm Max Wundt, Edward Leroy Schaub, Elements of folk psychology: outlines of a psychological history:
- The totem members were forbidden to eat the flesh of the totem animal, or were allowed to do so only under specific conditions.
- 2014, Michael Pomedli, Living with Animals: Ojibwe Spirit Powers, page 165:
- These meanings flow from bear-like characteristics imprinted on totem members. Members of the bear clan may have dispositional, cognitive, and physical capabilities similar to those of bear.
- (figuratively) A symbol or personification.
- 2023 January 19, Damien Cave, quoting Richard Shaw, “How Covid’s Bitter Divisions Tarnished a Liberal Icon”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- “She became a totem,” he added. “She became the personification of a particular response to the pandemic, which people in the far-flung margins of the internet and the not so far-flung margins used against her.”
- An arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams.
- 2010, ren, “Inception and Lucid Dreaming”, in alt.religion.wicca (Usenet):
- The best way to determine if you are dreaming or not is to have a totem in your lucid dreams that does not exist in reality. Inducing yourself is as easy as waking up during the night and practicing as you fall back asleep. Say, "I will be aware I am dreaming while I am dreaming by seeing my totem."
- A tall object resembling a totem pole.
- 2014 February 4, Tom Hayllar, A Long Way Walkin’ in Australia: From the Tasman to the Timor Sea[2], Bloomington, Indiana: Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 207:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe
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Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]totem m (plural totems, diminutive totempje n)
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]totem m (plural totems)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “totem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]totem
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English totem, from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]totem m (invariable)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ totem in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English totem, from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]totem m inan
- totem (natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe)
- totem (representation of such a creature)
Declension
[edit]Declension of totem
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
nouns
Related terms
[edit]adjective
noun
Further reading
[edit]- totem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- totem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English totem, from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]totem m (plural totens)
- totem (object or creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family)
- totem pole (Native American sculpture made by carving trees)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]totem n (plural totemuri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | totem | totemul | totemuri | totemurile | |
genitive-dative | totem | totemului | totemuri | totemurilor | |
vocative | totemule | totemurilor |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tòtēm m (Cyrillic spelling то̀те̄м)
Declension
[edit]Declension of totem
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]totem n or c
- a totem ((natural) object or creature or the like that serves as an emblem)
Declension
[edit]Declension of totem
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | totem | totems |
definite | totemen | totemens | |
plural | indefinite | totem | totems |
definite | totemen | totemens |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- totem in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- totem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- totem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French totem, from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
Noun
[edit]totem (definite accusative totemi, plural totemler)
Declension
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtem
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