jam

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /d͡ʒæm/
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- fruit spread
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- verb
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Rhymes: -æm
Homophone: jamb

[edit] Noun

jam (countable and uncountable; plural jams)

A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
(countable) A difficult situation.

I’m in a jam right now. Can you help me out?
- 1975, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
  
  She was married when we first met
  
  Soon to be divorced
  
  I helped her out of a jam, I guess
  
  But I used a little too much force.
(countable) Blockage, congestion.

A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
(countable) (popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
(countable) (baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.

He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
(countable) (basketball) A forceful dunk.
(countable) (roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.

Toughie scored four points in that jam.
(countable) Any of several rock-climbing maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.

I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
(UK) luck.

He's got more jam than Waitrose.

[edit] Synonyms

(sweet mixture of fruit): conserve, (US) jelly, preserve
See also Wikisaurus:difficult situation

[edit] Related terms

RAQ
jamjar
jammy
jam band
jam roly poly
jam sandwich
jam session
jam tart
jam tomorrow
log jam
Murrumbidgee jam
pearl jam
tamp
traffic jam
want jam on it
climbing:
- hand jam
- finger jam
- fist jam
- foot jam
- pinkie jam
- ring jam
- thumb-down jam
- toe jam

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[edit] Translations

sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar

Afrikaans: konfyt (af), jam (af)
Albanian: bllokim (sq) f.
Arabic: مربى (ar) (murabbā) m.
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 果醬 (cmn), 果酱 (cmn) (guǒjiàng)
Czech: džem (cs) m., marmeláda (cs) f.
Danish: marmelade (da) c., syltetøj (da) n.
Dutch: confituur (nl), jam (nl)
Finnish: hillo (fi)
French: confiture (fr) f.
German: Marmelade (de) f., Konfitüre (de) f.
Greek: μαρμελάδα (el) (marmeláda) f.
Hebrew: ריבה (he) (ribá) f.
Hungarian: dzsem (hu), íz (hu), lekvár (hu), gyümölcsíz (hu)
Icelandic: sulta (is) f.
Ido: konfitajo (io)
Indonesian: selai (id)
Irish: subh (ga) f.
Italian: marmellata (it) f.
Japanese: ジャム (ja) (jamu)

Korean: 짬 (ko)
Luxembourgish: Gebeess (lb) n.
Norwegian:

Bokmål: syltetøy (nb) n.

Nynorsk: syltetøy (nn) n., syltety (nn) n.
Polish: dżem (pl) m.
Portuguese: geléia (pt) f., compota (pt) f.
Romanian: gem (ro) n., marmeladă (ro) f.
Russian: джем (ru) (džem) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: џе̏м (sh) m., пѐкмез (sh) m.

Roman: džȅm (sh) m., pèkmez (sh) m.
Spanish: mermelada (es) f.
Swahili: jemu (sw)
Swedish: sylt (sv) c.
Tagalog: diyam (tl)
Turkish: reçel (tr)
Vietnamese: mứt (vi)
Welsh: jam (cy) m.

blockage, congestion

Czech: zácpa (cs)
Dutch: opstopping (nl) f.
Finnish: tukos (fi), ruuhka (fi)
French: embouteillage (fr) m.
German: Stau (de) m.
Greek: μποτιλιάρισμα (el) n. (botiliárisma)

Hebrew: פקק (he) (pkák) m.
Italian: ingorgo (it) m.
Norwegian: trengsel (no)
Spanish: atasco (es) m.
Welsh: tagfa (cy) f.

impromptu informal performance

Finnish: jamit (fi) pl.
French: bœuf (fr) m., jam (fr) m.

Italian: improvvisazione (it) f.
Swedish: jam (sv)

forceful dunk in basketball

Finnish: donkkaus (fi)

difficult situation

Danish: knibe (da)
Finnish: pula (fi), pinne (fi)
Italian: pasticcio (it) m., guaio (it) m.

Norwegian: vanskelighet (no)/ trøbbel (no)/ knipe (no) ´
Swedish: knipa (sv), trubbel (sv)

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Mandarin: 果酱 (guǒjiàng) (1)

[edit] Verb

jam (third-person singular simple present jams, present participle jamming, simple past and past participle jammed)

To get something stuck in a confined space.

My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.

They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.

The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"

A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.

Jones was jammed by the pitch.
(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group.)
To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.

When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
(roller derby) To attempt to score points.

Toughie jammed four times in the second period.

[edit] Synonyms

ram

[edit] Derived terms

(to squeeze into a small space): jam-pack
jammer

[edit] Translations

to get something stuck in a confined space

Finnish: juuttua (fi)

French: coincer (fr)

to force something into a space

Finnish: tunkea (fi)

French: enfoncer (fr)

to cause congestion or blockage

Finnish: tukkia (fi)

French: embouteiller (fr) (traffic, flow), enrayer (fr) (of a gun)

to block or confuse a broadcast signal

Arabic:شَوشَ (ar) (shawwasha)
Finnish: häiritä (fi); tukkia (fi)
French: brouiller (fr)

Romanian: bruia (ro)
Swahili: msongamano (sw)

baseball: to throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands

music: to improvise as a group

Finnish: jammata (fi), jammailla (fi)

French: faire un bœuf (fr)

to injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of its tip

Finnish: iskeä (fi)

roller derby: to attempt to score points

[edit] Albanian

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /jam/

[edit] Verb

jam (first-person singular past tense qeshë, participle qenë)

I am

[edit] Conjugation

conjugation of jam

		singular (numri njëjës)			plural (numri shumës)
participle (pjesorja)			qenë
gerund — present (përcjellorja — koha e tashme)			duke qenë
gerund — past (përcjellorja — koha e kryer)			duke pasë qenë
infinitive (paskajorja)			për të qenë
		1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)	1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)
indicative (mënyra dëftore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	jam	je	ështe	jemi	jeni	janë
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	isha	ishe	ishte	ishim	ishit	ishin
	simple past (koha e kryer e thjeshtë)	qeshë	qe	qe	qemë	qetë	qenë
	perfect (koha e kryer)	kam qenë	ke qenë	ka qenë	kemi qenë	keni qenë	kanë qenë
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	pata qenë	pate qenë	pati qenë	patëm qenë	patët qenë	patën qenë
	future (koha e ardhme)	do të jem	do të jesh	do të jetë	do të jemi	do të jeni	do të jenë
	future perfect (koha e ardhme e përparme)	do të kem qenë	do të kesh qenë	do të ketë qenë	do të kemi qenë	do të keni qenë	do të kenë qenë

subjunctive (mënyra lidhore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	të jem	të jesh	të jetë	të jemi	të jeni	të jenë
	past (koha e pakryer)	të isha	të ishe	të ishte	të ishim	të ishit	të ishin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	të kem qenë	të kesh qenë	të ketë qenë	të kemi qenë	të keni qenë	të kenë qenë
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	të kisha qenë	të kishe qenë	të kishte qenë	të kishim qenë	të kishit qenë	të kishin qenë

conditional (mënyra kushtore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	do të isha	do të ishe	do të ishte	do të ishim	do të ishit	do të ishin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	do të kisha qenë	do të kishe qenë	do të kishte qenë	do të kishim qenë	do të kishit qenë	do të kishin qenë

optative (mënyra dëshirore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	qofsha	qofsh	qoftë	qofshim	qofshit	qofshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paça qenë	paç qenë	pastë qenë	paçim qenë	paçit qenë	paçin qenë

admirative (mënyra habitore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	qenkam	qenke	qenka	qenkemi	qenkeni	qenkan
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	qenkësha	qenkëshe	qenkësh	qenkëshim	qenkëshit	qenkëshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paskam qenë	paske qenë	paska qenë	paskemi qenë	paskeni qenë	paskan qenë
	pluperfect (koha e kryer)	paskësha qenë	paskëshe qenë	paskësh qenë	paskëshim qenë	paskëshit qenë	paskëshin qenë

imperative (mënyra urdhërore)		—	ti	—	—	ju	—
imperative (mënyra urdhërore)			ji			jini

[edit] Dutch

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IPA: [ʒɛm]
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[edit] Noun

jam m. (plural jams, diminutive jammetje)

jam (conserved fruits where no parts of fruits are visible anymore)

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konfituur

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

From Latin iam.

[edit] Adverb

jam

already

[edit] Indonesian

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jam

hour

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jam

already

[edit] Lithuanian

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jam m.

(third-person singular) dative form of jis.
- 2007, Jurga (Jurga Šeduikytė), Angelai
  
  Jo balti sparnai man tinka
  
  Jam savo šarvus dovanoju
  
  His white wings suit me
  
  I present to him my armor

[edit] Malay

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jam

clock
hour

[edit] North Frisian

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with West Frisian jimme

[edit] Pronoun

jam

you (plural)
your (plural)

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

jam m.

jam

jam

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[edit] Etymology

[edit] Adverb

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[edit] Lithuanian

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[edit] Malay

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[edit] North Frisian

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