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ume

/ˈumeɪ/

ume noun: chinese plum, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.

ume: chinese plum, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume
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Noun (1)

ume (plural ume or umes)

  1. Chinese plum, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.

Noun (2) capitalized: UME

UME (plural UMEs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of unusual mortality event.

Proper noun capitalized: Ume

Ume

  1. A female given name from Japanese.

ume meaning in Vietnamese

ume in Vietnamese

Japanese apricot
mơ, mơ ta, mơ mai

Forms of ume

pluralume
pluralumes
pluralUMEs

Plural of ume: ume or umes

Origin of ume

Borrowing from Japanese 梅 (ume).

Phrases with ume

Questions about ume

What does ume mean?
Ume means chinese plum, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.
What is ume in Vietnamese?
Ume in Vietnamese is mơ, mơ ta, mơ mai. See Ume meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is ume?
Ume can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ume?
Ume is pronounced /ˈumeɪ/.
What is the plural of ume?
The plural of ume is ume.

Words near ume in the dictionary

  1. umchwasho
  2. UMD
  3. umdah
  4. umdahs
  5. UMDs
  6. ume
  7. Ume Sami
  8. umeboshi
  9. umeclidinium
  10. Umeda
  11. Umeko

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ume (page history and authors); UME (page history and authors); Ume (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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