gram

See also Gram, gram., and -gram

English

Alternative forms

• (chiefly British, but now old-fashioned) gramme

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹæm/, SAMPA: /gr\{m/

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• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: graham (GenAm)

Etymology 1

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γραμμάριον (grammárion, “weight of two obols”), from γραμμή (grammḗ, “line”).

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g

Translations

unit of mass

Afrikaans: gram (af) Albanian: gram (sq) Arabic: جرام (ar) (gram) m., غرام (ar) (ghram) m. Belarusian: грам (be) (hram) m. Bulgarian: грам (bg) (gram) m. Catalan: gram (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 克 (zh) (kè) Czech: gram (cs) m. Dutch: gram (nl) m. Finnish: gramma (fi) French: gramme (fr) m. Galician: gramo (gl) m. German: Gramm (de) n. Greek: γραμμάριο (el) (grammário) n. Ancient: γραμμάριον (grammárion) n. Gujarati: ગ્રામ (grām) Hebrew: גרם (he) (gram) m. Hindi: ग्राम (hi) (grām) m. Hungarian: gramm (hu) Italian: grammo (it) m. Japanese: グラム (ja) (guramu)

Korean: 그램 (ko) (geuraem) Persian: گرم (fa) (geram) Polish: gram (pl) m. Portuguese: grama (pt) f. Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰਾਮ (grāma) Quechua: k'isura Romanian: gram (ro) n. Russian: грамм (ru) (gramm) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: gram (sh) m. Roman: грам (sh) Slovak: gram (sk) m. Slovene: gram (sl) m. Sotho: geramo (st) Spanish: gramo (es) m. Swedish: gram (sv) n. Thai: กรัม (th) (gram) Turkish: gram (tr) Ukrainian: грам (uk) (hram) m. Urdu: گرام (ur) (grām) m. Vietnamese: gam (vi)

Etymology 2

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Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. A group of leguminous plants that are grown for their seeds.
2. (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

See also

• kilogram
• milligram
• List of SI units

Anagrams

• MAgr

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Czech

Noun

gram m.

1. gram (unit)

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur (“resentful, irritated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡram/, [ɡ̊ʁɑmˀ]

Adjective

gram (neuter gramt, definite and plural gramme)

1. irate

Related terms

• gram i hu

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γραμμά (grammá).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡram/, [ɡ̊ʁɑmˀ]

Noun

gram n. (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Inflection

    Inflection of gram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	gram	grammet	gram	grammene
genitive	grams	grammets	grams	grammenes

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA: /ɣrɑm/

Noun

gram n. (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje)

1. gram (unit of mass)

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Old English

Etymology

Germanic *gram-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡram/

Adjective

gram

1. angry, hostile

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡram/

Noun

gram m.

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

    declension of gram

	singular	plural
nominative	gram	gramy
genitive	grama	gramów
dative	gramowi	gramom
accusative	gram	gramy
instrumental	gramem	gramami
locative	gramie	gramach
vocative	gramie	gramy

Verb

gram

1. first-person singular present indicative of grać

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Romanian

Noun

gram n.

1. gram (unit of mass)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin gramma.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡrâm/

Noun

grȁm m. (Cyrillic spelling гра̏м)

1. gram (unit)

Declension

    declension of gram

	singular	plural
nominative	grȁm	grȁmi
genitive	grȁma	grȃmā
dative	grȁmu	grȁmima
accusative	grȁm	grȁme
vocative	grȁme	grȁmi
locative	grȁmu	grȁmima
instrumental	grȁmom	grȁmima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

gram n.

1. gram (unit of mass)

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Tatar

Noun

gram

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

    declension of gram

Nominative	gram
Genitive	gramnıñ
Dative	gramga
Accusative	gramnı
Locative	gramda
Ablative	gramnan

References

• 595 gram