ram

See also Ram, RAM, râm, Râm, ram-, and ramm-

English

Wikipedia

A ram (male sheep)

Etymology

From Old English ramm.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: răm, IPA: /ɹæm/, X-SAMPA: /r{m/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

ram (plural rams)

1. A male sheep.
2. A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
3. A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
4. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

Derived terms

• hydraulic ram
• ram press
• ramequin, ramekin
• ramrod

Translations

male sheep

• Albanian: dash (sq) m
• Arabic: كبش (ar) (kabš) m

  Egyptian Arabic: كبش (kabš) m

• Armenian: խոյ (hy) (xoy)
• Aromanian: birbec (rup)
• Azeri: qoç (az), qoyun (az)
• Basque: ahari (eu)
• Belarusian: баран (be) (barán) m
• Breton: maout (br) m, tourz (br) m
• Bulgarian: овен (bg) (ovén) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公羊 (cmn) (gōngyáng)

• Crimean Tatar: qoçqar
• Czech: beran (cs) m
• Danish: vædder (da) m, stenbukken (da) c
• Dutch: ram (nl) m
• Esperanto: virŝafo (eo)
• Estonian: jäär (et), lambanahk (et)
• Faroese: veðrur (fo) m, (archaic) veður (fo)
• Finnish: pässi (fi)
• French: bélier (fr) m
• Georgian: ვერძი (ka) (verji)
• German: Schafbock (de) m, Schafsbock (de) m, Widder (de) m, Hammel (de) m (castrated ram)
• Greek: κριάρι (el) (kriári) n, κριός (el) (kriós) m
• Hebrew: איל (he) (áyil) m
• Hindi: मेंढ़ा (hi) (meṇṛhā) m
• Hungarian: kos (hu)
• Icelandic: hrútur (is) m
• Inari Sami: vierccâ
• Italian: ariete (it) m, montone (it) m
• Japanese: 牡羊 (ja) (おひつじ, ohitsuji), 雄羊 (ja) (おひつじ, ohitsuji)
• Korean: 숫양 (ko) (sut-yang)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌ران (ku)

• Latin: aries (la) m
• Latvian: auns (lv) m, tekulis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: avinas (lt) m, tekis (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Widder (lb) m, Schofsbock (lb) m
• Macedonian: овен (mk) (óven) m
• Manx: rea (gv) m
• Mingrelian: ერჟი (erži)
• Navajo: deenástsʼaaʼ
• Norwegian: saubukk (no) m (both)

  Bokmål: vær (no) m

  Nynorsk: vêr (nn) m

• Polish: tryk (pl) m, baran (pl) m
• Portuguese: carneiro (pt) m, aríete (pt) m
• Romanian: berbec (ro) m, arete (ro)
• Russian: баран (ru) (barán) m, (archaic, poetic) овен (ru) (óven, ovén) m
• Scottish Gaelic: rùda (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ован (sh) m

  Roman: ovan (sh) m

• Slovak: baran (sk) m
• Slovene: oven (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: baran m

• Spanish: carnero (es) m, morueco (es) m
• Swedish: bagge (sv), gumse (sv)
• Turkish: koç (tr), koyun (tr)
• Ukrainian: баран (uk) (barán) m
• Vietnamese: cừu đực (vi)
• Volapük: hijip (vo)
• Wolof: kuuy mi (wo)
• Yoruba: àgbò (yo)

battering ram — see battering ram

warship that sinks other ships by ramming them

• Greek: εμβολοφόρος πρώρα (el) (emvolofóros próra)

• Spanish: nave ariete f, nave de abordaje m

piston powered by hydraulic pressure

• Danish: stempel (da), stødslæde (da)
• Finnish: hydraulimäntä, juntta (fi)
• Greek: κρουστικό έμβολο (el) (kroustikó émvolo) n

• Russian: таран (ru) (tarán) m, гидравлический таран (ru) (gidravlíčeskij tarán) m
• Spanish: pistón hidráulico m

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: marrà m (1)
• German: Sturmbock m (2), Ramme f (2), Widderschiff n (3)
• Romanian: berbec (1)

Verb

ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)

1. (transitive) To intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.
2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

   After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.

Translations

intentionally collide with (a ship)

• Dutch: rammen (nl)
• French: éperonner (fr)
• German: rammen (de)
• Greek: εμβολίζω (el) (emvolízo)

• Portuguese: abalroar (pt)
• Russian: таранить (taránit’)
• Spanish: embestir (es)

strike (something) hard

• Dutch: rammen (nl)
• Finnish: iskeä (fi), lyödä (fi), juntata (fi)
• German: rammen (de)

• Greek: βροντώ (el) (vrontó)
• Russian: забивать (zabivát’); втискивать (vtískivat’); трамбовать (trambovát’)
• Spanish: arietar (es), topar (es)

See also

• Wikipedia article on sheep
• ewe
• wether

Anagrams

• arm, Arm, ARM
• mar, Mar, Mar., MAR
• MRA
• RMA

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

• audio

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• IPA: /ram/

Noun

ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje)

1. ram (male sheep)

Verb

ram

1. first-person singular present indicative of rammen
2. imperative of rammen

Anagrams

• arm

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Lojban

Rafsi

ram

1. rafsi of ranmi.

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian rame ("copper").

Noun

ram m

1. copper

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rāmus.

Noun

ram n (plural ramuri)

1. (rare) branch, bough

Synonyms

• creangă
• ramură

Related terms

• ramură
• rămuros

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Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin rāmus.

Noun

ram m (plural rams)

1. (Puter) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
2. (Puter, education) subject

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom

Synonyms

• (branch): (Puter) manzina

Etymology 2

Noun

ram m (plural rams)

1. (Puter) frame, framework

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
• (Sursilvan) rama

Etymology 3

Noun 3

ram f (plural rams)

1. (Puter) knot, gnarl

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

ram c

1. frame (e.g. around a painting)
2. frame, boundaries (the set of options for actions given)
3. frame (a context for understanding)
4. paw (of a bear)

Declension

Declension of ram

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ram	ramen	ramar	ramarna
genitive	rams	ramens	ramars	ramarnas