dam

See also dám, đảm, and da̰m

Translingual

Wikipedia

Symbol

dam

1. (metrology) Symbol for the decameter (decametre), an SI unit of length equal to 10¹ meters (metres).

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English

Wikipedia

A dam

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dæm/, SAMPA: /d{m/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: damn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dam.

Noun

dam (plural dams)

1. Structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow.
2. (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.

Translations

structure placed across a flowing body of water

Arabic: سد (ar) (sadd) m. Armenian: ամբարտակ (hy) (ambartak) Bengali: বাঁধ (bn) Bulgarian: бент (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 壩 (cmn), 坝 (cmn) (bà) Croatian: nasip (hr) m., gat (hr) m. Czech: hráz (cs) f., přehrada (cs) f. Dutch: dam (nl) m. Estonian: pais (et) Finnish: pato (fi) French: barrage (fr) m. Georgian: კაშხალი (ka) (kašxali), ჯებირი (ka) (ǰebiri), დამბა (ka) (damba) German: Damm (de) m. Greek: φράγμα (el) (frágma) n. Hebrew: סכר (he) m.

Hungarian: gát (hu) Ido: aquobarilo Italian: argine (it) m., diga (it) Japanese: ダム (ja) (damu) Kurdish: به‌ربه‌ست Maltese: diga (mt) Navajo: dáʼdeestłʼin, tó beʼekʼid Polish: tama (pl) f. Portuguese: barragem f., represa f. Romanian: baraj (ro) n. Russian: плотина (ru) (plotína) f., дамба (ru) (dámba) f. Serbian: nasip (sr), brana (sr), gat (sr) Spanish: presa (es) f. Tamil: அணை (ta) Telugu: వంతెన (vamtena) Turkish: baraj (tr), set (tr)

Verb

dam (third-person singular simple present dams, present participle damming, simple past and past participle dammed)

1. To block the flow of water.

Translations

block

Bulgarian: заприщвам (bg) Finnish: padota (fi)

Spanish: embalsar (es)

See also

• Dam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Variant of dame.

Noun

dam (plural dams)

1. female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     she / Resolved that Juan should be quite a paragon, / And worthy of the noblest pedigree / (His sire was from Castile, his dam from Aragon) [...].

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 112:

     The sky was cloudless – the moon rolled across the surface like a lamb searching for its dam.

Translations

female parent

Chinese: 母畜, 母兽 Finnish: emä (fi) German: Muttertier (de)

Japanese: メス (ja) (mesu), (for Bovidae) 牝 (ja) (めす, mesu), (for except of Bovidae)雌 (ja) (めす, mesu) Latin: mātrix (la) f.

Anagrams

• adm. AMD, DMA, mad, MAD

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

dam

1. stable
2. roof
3. taste

Declension

    declension of dam

nominative	dam
genitive	damnıñ
dative	damğa
accusative	damnı
locative	damda
ablative	damdan

Synonyms

• aran (stable)
• lezet, nezet, tat, dad (taste)

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dammr (“dam”).

Noun

dam c. (singular definite dammen, plural indefinite damme)

1. pond

Derived terms

• dambrug n.

Inflection

    Inflection of dam

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	dam	dammen	damme	dammene
genitive	dams	dammens	dammes	dammenes

Etymology 2

From French jeu de dames (“draughts”).

Noun

dam c. n.

1. draughts, checkers

Etymology 3

From French dame (“king”).

Noun

dam c. (singular definite dammen, plural indefinite dammer)

1. king (superior piece in draughts)

Inflection

    Inflection of dam

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	dam	dammen	dammer	dammerne
genitive	dams	dammens	dammers	dammernes

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

dam m. (plural dammen, diminutive dammetje)

1. dam

Derived terms

• stuwdam
• Amsterdam
• Rotterdam

Verb

dam

1. first-person singular present indicative of dammen.
2. imperative of dammen.

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French

Noun

dam m. (plural dams)

1. (obsolete except in phrases) damage

Derived terms

• au grand dam de

Anagrams

• AMD

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Maltese

Verb

dam

1. dally, stall

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse damm n., Middle Norwegian dammr m.. The meaning dam (structure) probably comes from Middle Low German.

Noun

dam m.

1. pond
2. the game of checkers
3. dam (structure)

Inflection

    Inflection of dam

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	dam	dammen	dammer	dammene
Nynorsk m	dam	dammen	dammar	dammane

References

• “dam” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

dam

1. price

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /dɑːm/
• X-SAMPA: /dA:m/

Noun

dam c.

1. lady, woman
2. (card games) queen

   Ruter dam

   Queen of diamonds

3. (chess) queen

Declension

Declension of dam

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dam	damen	damer	damerna
genitive	dams	damens	damers	damernas

Synonyms

• (in chess): drottning

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tam, from Proto-Turkic *tām.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɑm/

Noun

dam

1. roof