dram

See also dràm, and DRAM

English

Etymology 1

From Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmē, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drassomai, “I hold, seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɹæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Alternative forms

• drachm, ℨ

Noun

dram (plural drams)

1. A unit of weight avoirdupois,
   1. (UK & US) 1/16 ounce avoirdupois.
   2. (UK & US) 1.77 gram
2. A minute quantity; a mite.
3. A small quantity of an alcoholic drink.
4. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.

Synonyms

nip slug

snifter tot

Derived terms

• angel's dram

Translations

unit of weight

minute quantity

small quantity of an alcoholic drink

• Jèrriais: dranme f

• Scottish Gaelic: dràm (gd) m

Verb

dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)

1. (dated) To drink drams.

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2. (dated) To ply with drams of drink.

Etymology 2

From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian dram, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drachmē, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drassomai, “I hold, seize”).

Noun

Wikipedia dram (plural drams)

1. (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

Translations

currency unit of Armenia

• Armenian: դրամ (hy) (dram)
• Georgian: დრამი (ka) (drami)

• Navajo: dwam
• Russian: драм (ru) (dram) m

Anagrams

• mard

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Danish

Etymology

From drachme (“old unit of measurement, about 3.7 g”), from Late Latin dragma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drachmē, “unit of weight, a handful”)

Noun

dram c (singular definite drammen, plural indefinite dramme or drammer)

1. dram (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)

Inflection

    Inflection of dram

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	dram	drammen	dramme drammer	drammene drammerne
genitive	drams	drammens	drammes drammers	drammenes drammernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Verb

dram

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

Anagrams

• darm, R'dam