rum
Translingual
Symbol
rum
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
In common use since by at least 1654,[1] of uncertain origin. Theories include:
- that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),[2]
- that it is a shortening of rumbullion[3] or rumbustion,[4] or
- that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
- that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer[5]
Alternative forms
Noun
rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)
- (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
- (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
- (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
- Template:RQ:Swift The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn
- No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
- Template:RQ:Swift The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn
Synonyms
- (spirit): rumbullion (obsolete)
- (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
- (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: ram
- → Asturian: ron
- → Belarusian: ром (rom)
- → Burmese: ရမ် (ram)
- → Catalan: rom
- → Chinese: 萊姆/莱姆 (láimǔ)
- → Dutch: rum
- → French: rhum
- → Gamilaraay: yurraamu
- → German: Rum
- → Irish: rum
- → Italian: rhum, rum
- → Japanese: ラム (ramu)
- → Korean: 럼 (reom)
- → Maori: rama
- → Mongolian: ром (rom)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: rom
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: rom
- → Polish: rum
- → Romanian: rom (via French and German)
- → Russian: ром (rom), ромъ (rom) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- ⇒ Spanish: romo; → ron
- → Telugu: రమ్ము (rammu)
- → Thai: รัม (ram)
- → Ukrainian: ром (rom)
- → Zulu: ulwamu
Translations
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Etymology 2
From the earlier form rome, slang for "good"; possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.
Adjective
rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)
- (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]
- having a rum time
- (British, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]
- a rum idea; a rum fellow
- 1837-9, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:
- "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 27, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- [H]e stared after Pynsent stupidly, and pronounced to the landlord over the counter that he was a rum one.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
- (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange
Derived terms
Noun
rum (plural rums)
- (British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.
Etymology 3
Shortening of rummy.
Noun
rum
References
- ^ In that year, Connecticut ordered confiscation of "whatsoever Barbados liquors, commonly called rum, kill devil and the like". See Charles A. Coulombe, Rum (2005, →ISBN.
- ^ Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum (2006, Random House, →ISBN, pages 34–35.
- ^ “rum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “rum”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits : A Guide to Their History, Production, and Enjoyment (2004, HarperCollins, →ISBN
Anagrams
Chuukese
Etymology
Noun
rum
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.[1]
Noun
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Declension
Etymology 2
Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).[2]
Noun
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Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”), cognate with English room, German Raum, Dutch ruim, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼 (rum).
Noun
rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)
- room (part of a building)
- compartment
- (chiefly definite) space (the universe except Earth and its atmosphere)
- De fravalgte at udforske rummet.
- They chose not to explore space.
- rumfarttøj (“space vehicle”), rumrejse (“space travel”)
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious, open”), cognate with English room (archaic), German raum (archaic), Dutch ruim, Chong 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃. Related to the noun.
Adjective
rum (neuter rumt, plural and definite singular attributive rumme)
Inflection
Inflection of rum | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | rum | rummere | rummest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | rumt | rummere | rummest2 |
Plural | rumme | rummere | rummest2 |
Definite attributive1 | rumme | rummere | rummeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rum
- imperative of rumme
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rum m (uncountable)
- rum (alcoholic beverage)
Derived terms
Descendants
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rum
References
German
Etymology
From dialectal German (e)rum, reduced form of herum and in some dialects darum.
Pronunciation
Adverb
rum
- (colloquial) Alternative form of herum (“around”)
Usage notes
- While most or all instances of standard herum can be replaced with rum in the vernacular, compounds that are inherently colloquial will typically sound odd when herum is used in them. These will appear in writing with rum or not at all.
Derived terms
Gothic
Romanization
rum
- Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌼
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rum,[1] from English rum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rum (plural rumok)
- rum (a distilled spirit)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | rum | rumok |
accusative | rumot | rumokat |
dative | rumnak | rumoknak |
instrumental | rummal | rumokkal |
causal-final | rumért | rumokért |
translative | rummá | rumokká |
terminative | rumig | rumokig |
essive-formal | rumként | rumokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | rumban | rumokban |
superessive | rumon | rumokon |
adessive | rumnál | rumoknál |
illative | rumba | rumokba |
sublative | rumra | rumokra |
allative | rumhoz | rumokhoz |
elative | rumból | rumokból |
delative | rumról | rumokról |
ablative | rumtól | rumoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rumé | rumoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ruméi | rumokéi |
Possessive forms of rum | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | rumom | rumjaim |
2nd person sing. | rumod | rumjaid |
3rd person sing. | rumja | rumjai |
1st person plural | rumunk | rumjaink |
2nd person plural | rumotok | rumjaitok |
3rd person plural | rumjuk | rumjaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ rum in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- rum in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Etymology
Noun
rum m (genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)
Declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
rum m (invariable)
- rum (distilled spirit)
Derived terms
Kashubian
Noun
rum m
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German Ruum, from Middle Low German rûm, Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm.
Pronunciation
Noun
rum m ? (diminutive rumk)
Declension
Derived terms
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *rūm. Cognate with Old Saxon rūm, Dutch ruim, Old High German rūm, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums).
Adjective
rūm
- spacious, roomy
- long, extended (of time)
- liberal, extensive, ample, abundant, bountiful, expansive, generous
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | rūm | rūm | rūm |
Accusative | rūmne | rūme | rūm |
Genitive | rūmes | rūmre | rūmes |
Dative | rūmum | rūmre | rūmum |
Instrumental | rūme | rūmre | rūme |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | rūme | rūma, rūme | rūm |
Accusative | rūme | rūma, rūme | rūm |
Genitive | rūmra | rūmra | rūmra |
Dative | rūmum | rūmum | rūmum |
Instrumental | rūmum | rūmum | rūmum |
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *rūm.
Noun
rūm n or m
- room, space
- a space of time, an interval
- opportunity
Declension
- Neuter
- Masculine
Derived terms
Descendants
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Adverb
rum
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rum m inan
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- rum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: rum
Noun
rum m (plural runs)
Romanian
Noun
rum n (plural rumuri)
- Alternative form of rom
Sumerian
Romanization
rum
- Romanization of 𒀸 (rum)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rowǝ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
rum n
- room; part of a building.
- Jag vill ha en lägenhet med två rum
- I want a flat with two rooms
- room; empty, available space; enough space
- Har du rum i din väska så att du kan lägga ner min bok också?
- Do you have enough space in your bag so that you could put my book too in it?
- (mathematics) space
- Linjärt rum
- Linear space
Declension
Declension of rum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rum | rummet | rum | rummen |
Genitive | rums | rummets | rums | rummens |
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Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
rum
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Noun
rum
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