rum

See also Rum, and rúm

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹʌm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Perhaps shortened from rumbullion.

Noun

rum (plural rums)

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses

   The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.

2. (countable) A serving of rum

   Jake tossed down three rums.

3. (countable) A kind or brand of rum

   Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.

4. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
5. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
   • Jonathan Swift

     No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

Translations

distilled spirit

• Arabic: رم (ar) (ram) m
• Armenian: ռոմ (hy) (ṙom)
• Belarusian: ром (be) (rom) m
• Bulgarian: ром (bg) (rom) m
• Catalan: rom (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭姆酒 (cmn), 兰姆酒 (cmn) (lánmǔjiǔ)

• Czech: rum (cs) m
• Danish: rom (da) c
• Estonian: rumm (et)
• Finnish: rommi (fi)
• French: rhum (fr) m
• Georgian: რომი (ka) (romi)
• German: Rum (de) m
• Greek: ρούμι (el) (roúmi)
• Hebrew: רום (he) (ram) m
• Hindi: रम (hi) (ram)
• Hungarian: rum (hu)
• Icelandic: romm n
• Italian: rum (it) m
• Japanese: ラム酒 (ja) (ramu-shu)

• Jèrriais: rhunme m
• Korean: 럼 (ko) (reom)
• Latvian: rums (lv)
• Macedonian: рум (mk) (rum) m
• Maori: rama (mi)
• Neapolitan: rùmma
• Persian: رم (fa) (ram)
• Polish: rum (pl) m
• Portuguese: rum (pt) m
• Romanian: rom (ro) m
• Russian: ром (ru) (rom) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рум (sh) m

  Roman: rum (sh) m

• Spanish: ron (es) m
• Swedish: rom (sv) c
• Thai: เหล้ารัม (th) (lâo ram), รัม (th) (ram), เหล้า (th) (lâo)
• Ukrainian: ром (uk) (rom) m
• Urdu: رم (ur) (ram)
• Vietnamese: rượu rum (vi), rum (vi)

Etymology 2

Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Romany origin; compare rom (“a husband, a gypsy”).

Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (UK, colloquial, dated) strange, peculiar

   a rum idea; a rum fellow

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dickens to this entry?)

See also

• rum go

Quotations

• 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.

Anagrams

• MRU

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rum/

Etymology 1

From German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.

Noun

rum m

1. rum

Declension

    declension of rum

	singular	plural
nominative	rum	rumy
genitive	rumu	rumů
dative	rumu	rumům
accusative	rum	rumy
vocative	rume	rumy
locative	rumu	rumech
instrumental	rumem	rumy

Etymology 2

Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).

Noun

rum m

1. rubble

Declension

    declension of rum

	singular	plural
nominative	rum	rumy
genitive	rumu	rumů
dative	rumu	rumům
accusative	rum	rumy
vocative	rume	rumy
locative	rumu	rumech
instrumental	rumem	rumy

Derived terms

• rumiště

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rom/, [ʁɔmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”).

Adjective

rum

1. wide, spacious

Usage notes

Only used in the expressions:

• i rum sø
• en rum tid

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”), from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

Noun

rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

1. room (part of a building)
2. compartment
3. space

Inflection

    Inflection of rum

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	rum	rummet	rum	rummene
genitive	rums	rummets	rums	rummenes

Etymology 3

See rumme (“to contain, hold”).

Verb

rum

1. imperative of rumme

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Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From English room

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːm/

Noun

rum

1. room

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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Irish

Noun

rum m

1. rum

Declension

Declension of rum

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative rum rumanna Vocative a rum a rumanna Genitive rum rumanna Dative rum rumanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an rum na rumanna Genitive an rum na rumanna Dative leis an rum don rum leis na rumanna

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Italian

Alternative forms

• rhum, rumme

Noun

rum m (invariable)

1. rum (distilled spirit)

Derived terms

• rum fantasia

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Kashubian

Noun

rum m

1. space

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Lojban

Rafsi

rum

1. rafsi of runme.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃.

Adjective

rūm

1. spacious, roomy, open

   Ðis rume land: the wide world (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

2. free, unrestricted
3. expansive, generous
4. long, extended (of time)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm (Low German Ruum, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm (German Raum), Old Norse rūm (Danish and Swedish rum), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rūms).

Noun

rūm n

1. space; a room
2. 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)

Descendants

• Middle English: roum(e)
  • English: room

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

rum m

1. rum

Declension

    declension of rum

	singular	plural
nominative	rum	rumy
genitive	rumu	rumów
dative	rumowi	rumom
accusative	rum	rumy
instrumental	rumem	rumami
locative	rumie	rumach
vocative	rumie	rumy

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Portuguese

Noun

rum m (plural runs)

1. rum

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rum n

1. room; part of a building.

   Jag vill ha en lägenhet med två rum

   I want a flat with two rooms

2. 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?

3. (mathematics) space

   Linjärt rum

   Linear space

Declension

Declension of rum

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rum	rummet	rum	rummen
genitive	rums	rummets	rums	rummens

Related terms

• äga rum
• få rum
• ge rum
• armbågsrum

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English room.

Noun

rum

1. room

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Vietnamese

Noun

rum

1. safflower