holm

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 4 Polish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Slovene 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /həʊm/, SAMPA: /h@Um/
• (US) IPA: /hoʊm/, SAMPA: /hoUm/
• Rhymes: -əʊm
• Homophones: home

[edit] Etymology 1

Alteration of hollin.

[edit] Noun

holm (plural holms)

1. (obsolete, except, in dialects) The holly.
2. A common evergreen oak, of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse holmr (“‘islet’”), cognate with Old English holm.

[edit] Noun

holm (plural holms)

1. Land that is liable to flooding; a river island.
2. (Dialect, West Yorkshire) an islet, sometimes with holly bushes.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: hlmo
• LMHO

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[edit] Danish

Wikipedia ^da

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse holmr.

[edit] Noun

holm c. (singular definite holmen, plural indefinite holme)

1. a small island

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse holmr, cognate with Old English holm, also in Old Saxon, Friesian cognate. Root is Germanic *xulma- ‘hill, rise’, equivalent to Latin culmen "peak", cf. culminate

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /holm/

[edit] Noun

holm m.

1. (poetic) ocean, sea, waters

   Ða wæs heofonweardes gast ofer holm boren. The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	holm	holmas
accusative	holm	holmas
genitive	holmes	holma
dative	holme	holmum

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[edit] Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

holm m.

1. holmium (chemical element, Ho, atomic number 67)

[edit] Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	holm
Genitive	holmu
Dative	holmowi
Accusative	holm
Instrumental	holmem
Locative	holmie
Vocative	holmie

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Noun

holm m.

1. hill