rum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 See also 1.5 Quotations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 4 Fiji Hindi 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.4 References 5 Italian 5.1 Alternative spellings 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Derived terms 6 Kashubian 6.1 Noun 7 Old English 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.4 Adjective 8 Polish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Declension 9 Portuguese 9.1 Noun 10 Swedish 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Related terms 11 Vietnamese 11.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹʌm/
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• Rhymes: -ʌm

[edit] 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.

   “Bundaburg is one of my favourite rums.”

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[edit] Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (British, colloquial) Strange, peculiar.

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• rum go

[edit] 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.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of MRU

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

rum m.

1. rum

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[edit] Danish

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• IPA: /rom/, [ʁɔmˀ]

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rum

1. wide, spacious

[edit] Usage notes

Only used in the expressions:

• i rum sø
• en rum tid

[edit] Noun

rum n. (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

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

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[edit] Fiji Hindi

[edit] Etymology

From English room

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• IPA: /ruːm/

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rum

1. room

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• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Alternative spellings

• rhum, rumme

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rum m. inv.

1. rum (distilled spirit)

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• rum fantasia

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[edit] Kashubian

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rum m.

1. space

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic *rūma- (noun and adjective). Cognate with Old Saxon rūm n., rūmo adj (Dutch ruim n. & adj), Old High German rūm n., rūmi adj (German Raum n.), Old Norse rūm n., rúmr adj (Swedish rum n.), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼 n., 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 adj.

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• IPA: /ru:m/

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rūm m.

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)

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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)

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[edit] Polish

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rum m.

1. rum

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	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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[edit] Portuguese

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rum m.

1. same as English.

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[edit] Swedish

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Inflection for rum	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	rum	rummet	rum	rummen
Possessive form	rums	rummets	rums	rummens

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

[edit] Related terms

• äga rum
• få rum
• ge rum
• armbågsrum

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

rum

1. safflower