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[edit] English

Most common English words: which « have « or « #27: from » this » but » all

[edit] Alternative forms

4rum (rare, Internet leet)

[edit] Etymology

Old English fram "forward, from".

[edit] Pronunciation

(stressed)
- (UK) IPA: /frɒm/, SAMPA: /frQm/
- (US) enPR: frŭm, IPA: /frʌm/, SAMPA: /frVm/; (rare) enPR: främ, IPA: /frɑm/, SAMPA: /frAm/
(unstressed) enPR: frəm, IPA: /frəm/, SAMPA: /fr@m/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
Rhymes: -ɒm

[edit] Preposition

from

With the source or provenance of or at.

This wine comes from France.

I got a letter from my brother.
With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.

He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

He left yesterday from Chicago.

Face away from the wall.
With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.

An umbrella protects from the sun.

He knows right from wrong.

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(with the source or provenance of or at): out of

[edit] Translations

with the source or provenance of or at

Albanian: nga, prej
Ancient Greek: ἀπό
Arabic: من (min)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܢ (min)

Hebrew: מן (min)
Chinese: 從, 从 (cong); 自 (zi); 由 (you); 由於, 由于 (youyu); 出於, 出于 (chuyu)
Czech: z cs(cs), ze cs(cs), od cs(cs)
Danish: fra da(da)
Dutch: van nl(nl), uit nl(nl)
Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case), -lta/-ltä (ablative case)
French: de (which see for forms of "de" before a definite article)
German: von (from someone), aus (from somewhere)
Greek: από el(el) (apó)
Hebrew: מ- ^(he) (mé)
Hungarian: -ból/-ből (elative case) -tól/-től (ablative case)
Interlingua: de
Irish: ó ga(ga)

Italian: da (which see for forms of "da" before a definite article), di (which see for forms of "di" before a definite article)
Japanese: から ja(ja) (kara)
Lithuanian: iš lt(lt)
Maltese: minn mt(mt)
Norwegian: fra no(no)
Polish: z pl(pl)
Portuguese: de (which see for forms of "de" before a definite article)
Russian: из (iz), от (ot)
Scots: fae, frae
Scottish Gaelic: à gd(gd), às gd(gd), bho gd(gd), o gd(gd)
Slovene: iz sl(sl), z sl(sl), od sl(sl)
Spanish: de es(es)
Swedish: från sv(sv), ur sv(sv)
Turkish: -den tr(tr), -dan tr(tr), -ten tr(tr), -tan tr(tr)
Welsh: oddi cy(cy)
West Frisian: fan fy(fy)
Yiddish: פון

with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at

Ancient Greek: ἀπό
Arabic: من (min)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܢ (min)

Hebrew: מן (min)
Chinese: 從, 从 (cong); 自 (zi); 由 (you); 由於, 由于 (youyu); 出於, 出于 (chuyu)
Czech: z cs(cs), ze cs(cs), od cs(cs)
Danish: fra da(da)
Dutch: van nl(nl), uit nl(nl)
Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case), -lta/-ltä (ablative case)
French: de (which see for forms of "de" before a definite article)
German: von de(de)
Hebrew: מ- ^(he) (mé)
Hungarian: -ból/-ből (elative case) -tól/-től (ablative case) -ról/-ről (delative case)
Interlingua: de

Irish: ó ga(ga)
Italian: da (which see for forms of "da" before a definite article), di (which see for forms of "di" before a definite article)
Japanese: から ja(ja) (kara)
Maltese: minn mt(mt)
Norwegian: fra no(no)
Polish: z pl(pl)
Russian: из (iz), от (ot)
Scots: fae, frae
Scottish Gaelic: à gd(gd), às gd(gd), bho gd(gd), o gd(gd)
Spanish: de es(es), desde es(es)
Swedish: från sv(sv)
Turkish: -den, -dan, -ten, -tan
West Frisian: fan fy(fy)
Yiddish: פון

with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of

Arabic: من (min)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܢ (min)

Hebrew: מן (min)
Chinese: 從, 从 (cong); 自 (zi); 由 (you); 由於, 由于 (youyu); 出於, 出于 (chuyu)
Czech: od cs(cs), proti cs(cs), před cs(cs)
Danish: fra; mod when used as protection from someone/something
Dutch: tegen nl(nl), van nl(nl)
Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case), -lta/-ltä (ablative case)
German: von de(de), vor de(de)
Hebrew: מ- ^(he) (mé)

Hungarian: -tól/-től (ablative case)
Italian: da (which see for forms of "da" before a definite article), di (which see for forms of "di" before a definite article)
Norwegian: fra; mot when used as protection from someone/something
Polish: od pl(pl)
Russian: из (iz), от (ot)
Scots: fae, frae
Scottish Gaelic: bho gd(gd), o gd(gd)
Spanish: de es(es)
Swedish: från sv(sv)
Yiddish: פון

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Esperanto: de, el
Guaraní: gui
Ido: de
Indonesian: dari, mulai, mulai dari

Kuna: siki
Novial: fro
Persian: از (æz)
Slovak: z, zo
Tupinambá: suí

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Alphagram: fmor
form

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[edit] Adjective

from (neuter fromt, definite and plural fromme)

pious; being religious in a quiet and serious way

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gudfrygtig

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic. Cognate with Old High German fruma (German fromm), Middle Dutch vrōme (Dutch vroom), Old Norse framr.

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IPA: /from/

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from

bold, firm, resolute

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[edit] Adjective

Inflections of from		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	from	frommare		frommast
	Neuter	fromt
Definite singular	Masc.	fromme		frommaste
	All	fromma		frommaste
Plural		fromma		frommaste

from

pious; being religious in a quiet and serious way

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gudfruktig

from

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