holm

See also Holm

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Alteration of hollin.

Noun

holm (plural holms)

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

Derived terms

• holming

Etymology 2

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

Noun

holm (plural holms)

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

Anagrams

• LMHO

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse holmr.

Noun

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

1. a small island

Inflection

    Inflection of holm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	holm	holmen	holme	holmene
genitive	holms	holmens	holmes	holmenes

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Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse holmr, cognate with Old English holm, also in Old Saxon, Frisian cognate. Root is Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“hill, rise”), equivalent to Latin culmen "peak", compare culminate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /holm/

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.

Declension

    Declension of holm (strong a-stem)

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

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

holm m.

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

Declension

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

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Slovene

Noun

holm m.

1. hill