rum
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[edit] English
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[edit] Noun
rum (plural rums)
- (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses
- “The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.”
- (countable) A serving of rum
- “Jake tossed down three rums.”
- (countable) A kind or brand of rum
- “Bundaburg is one of my favourite rums.”
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[edit] Adjective
rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)
- (UK, colloquial, dated) strange, peculiar
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- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Chapter 7
- "Well it is the rummest thing I ever heard of—marrying an old husband again, and so much new blood in the world!"
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Google Books
- "Can't you see him?"
- "Well, I almost thought I did—for a moment. It's such a rum light."
- 1976, James Herriot, All Things Wise and Wonderful, page 346
- "She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum 'un, isn't it?" It was very rum indeed.
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[edit] Czech
[edit] Etymology 1
From German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.[1]
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /rʊm/
[edit] Noun
rum m.
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rum | rumy |
| genitive | rumu | rumů |
| dative | rumu | rumům |
| accusative | rum | rumy |
| vocative | rume | rumy |
| locative | rumu | rumech |
| instrumental | rumem | rumy |
[edit] Etymology 2
Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).[1]
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /rʊm/
[edit] Noun
rum m.
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rum | rumy |
| genitive | rumu | rumů |
| dative | rumu | rumům |
| accusative | rum | rumy |
| vocative | rume | rumy |
| locative | rumu | rumech |
| instrumental | rumem | rumy |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2007, Rejzek, Jiří, Český etymologický slovník, edition Version 1.0 (in Czech), Prague: Leda:
[edit] Danish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /rom/, [ʁɔmˀ]
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”).
[edit] Adjective
rum
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Only used in the expressions:
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūman (“room, open space”).
[edit] Noun
rum n. (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)
- room (part of a building)
- compartment
- space
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| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | rum | rummet | rum | rummene |
| genitive | rums | rummets | rums | rummenes |
[edit] Etymology 3
See rumme (“to contain, hold”).
[edit] Verb
rum
- imperative of rumme
[edit] Fiji Hindi
[edit] Etymology
From English room
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- IPA: /ruːm/
[edit] Noun
rum
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Noun
rum m.
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- Fourth declension
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[edit] Italian
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[edit] Noun
rum m. inv.
- rum (distilled spirit)
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rum m.
[edit] Old English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ruːm/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃.
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rūm
- spacious, roomy, open
- Ðis rume land: the wide world (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
- free, unrestricted
- expansive, generous
- long, extended (of time)
[edit] Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *rūman. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Old Norse rūm (Swedish rum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼.
[edit] Noun
rūm n.
- space; a room
- a space of time, an interval; an opportunity
- Rum wæs to nimanne londbuendum on ðam laðestan...: it was an opportunity for the land-dwellers to seize from the most hated ones... (Judith)
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- English: room
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audio (file)
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rum m.
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[edit] Portuguese
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rum m. (plural rums)
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūman.
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audio (file)
[edit] Noun
rum n.
- room; part of a building.
- Jag vill ha en lägenhet med två rum
- I want a flat with two rooms
- Jag vill ha en lägenhet med två rum
- room; empty, available space; enough space
- Har du rum i din väska så att du kan lägga ner min bok också?
- Do you have space enough in your bag so that you could put my book too in it?
- Har du rum i din väska så att du kan lägga ner min bok också?
- (mathematics) space
- Linjärt rum
- Linear space
- Linjärt rum
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rum
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adjectives
- British English
- English colloquialisms
- English dated terms
- en:Distilled beverages
- Czech terms derived from German
- Czech terms derived from English
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech nouns
- cs:Alcoholic beverages
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish adjectives
- Danish nouns
- Danish verb forms
- Fiji Hindi terms derived from English
- Fiji Hindi nouns
- Irish nouns
- ga:Alcoholic beverages
- Italian nouns
- Kashubian nouns
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English adjectives
- Old English nouns
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- pl:Beverages
- Portuguese nouns
- pt:Alcoholic beverages
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish nouns
- sv:Mathematics
- Vietnamese nouns