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 Definitions of totem  [ˈtoʊ təm]  

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Definition of 'totem' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) totem
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.

2.  totem
a representation of such an object or being serving as the distinctive mark of the clan or group.

3.  totem
anything serving as a distinctive, often venerated, emblem or symbol.

Etymology:  (1750–60, Amer.; < Ojibwa ninto&raiseddot;te&raiseddot;m my totem, oto&raiseddot;te&raiseddot;man his totem )

Definition of 'totem' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) totem
a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

2. (noun) totem
emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)


Definition of 'totem' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) totem
a rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan


Translation of 'totem' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an image of) an animal or plant used as the badge or sign of a tribe, among North American Indians etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: totem Arabic flag Arabic: طوطم: حَيوان أو نَبات كَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тотем
Brazilian flag Brazilian: totem Czech flag Czech: totem German flag German: das Totem
Danish flag Danish: totem Greek flag Greek: τοτέμ Spanish flag Spanish: tótem
Estonian flag Estonian: tootem Farsi flag Farsi: حیوان یا شی که نماد قبیله Finnish flag Finnish: toteemi
French flag French: totem Hebrew flag Hebrew: טוֹטֵם Hindi flag Hindi: गण चिन्ह
Croatian flag Croatian: totem Hungarian flag Hungarian: totem Indonesian flag Indonesian: totem
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tótem Italian flag Italian: totem Japanese flag Japanese: トーテム像
Korean flag Korean: 토템 (북미 인디언이 씨족, 가족의 상징이라고 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: totemas Latvian flag Latvian: totēms
Malay flag Malay: totem Dutch flag Dutch: totem Norwegian flag Norwegian: totem(bilde)
Polish flag Polish: totem Persian flag Persian: حیوان یا شی که نماد قبیله Pashto flag Pashto: هغه ژوى يا بوټى چې لرغونو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: totem Romanian flag Romanian: totem Russian flag Russian: тотем
Slovak flag Slovak: totem Slovenian flag Slovenian: totem Serbian flag Serbian: totem
Swedish flag Swedish: totem Thai flag Thai: รูปสลักบนเสา Turkish flag Turkish: totem
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 圖騰 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тотем Urdu flag Urdu: ايک قسم کے جانور يا پودے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vật tổ Chinese flag Chinese: 图腾

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