Drôme

See also: drome, drosme, drosmē, -drome, and 'drome

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Drôme, from Latin Druma, related to -drome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹoʊm/

Proper noun

Drôme

2. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Valence (INSEE code 26).
4. A left tributary of the Rhône in the departments of Drôme and Ardèche, in southeastern France.

Related terms

• Livron-sur-Drôme

Translations

department

• Catalan: Droma f
• Franco-Provençal: Drôma
• French: Drôme (fr) f
• German: Drôme f
• Marathi: द्रोम (drom)
• Occitan: Droma f

Further reading

• Drôme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Drôme (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Domer, dermo, dermo-, moder, mored

French

Etymology

From Latin Druma, from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁom/

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Proper noun

Drôme f

1. Drôme (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
2. Drôme (a left tributary of the Rhône in the departments of Drôme and Ardèche, in southeastern France)
   • 1953, Jean Giono, L'homme qui plantait des arbres [The Man Who Planted Trees]:

     Cette région est délimitée au sud-est et au sud par le cours moyen de la Durance, entre Sisteron et Mirabeau ; au nord par le cours supérieur de la Drôme, depuis sa source jusqu'à Die ; à l'ouest par les plaines du Comtat Venaissin et les contreforts du mont Ventoux.

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Derived terms

• drômois

Further reading

• Drôme (département) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• Drôme (rivière) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Drôme.

Proper noun

Drôme f (proper noun, genitive Drôme)

1. Drôme (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
   • 2021 June 9, Rudolf Balmer, “Ohrfeige für Präsident Macron: Mehr als symbolisch”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Der Angreifer und sein Begleiter sind sofort identifiziert und festgenommen worden. Beide sind laut Polizeiangaben 29 Jahre alt und kommen aus Saint-Vallier in der Drôme.

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2. Drôme (a left tributary of the Rhône in the departments of Drôme and Ardèche, in southeastern France)

Further reading

• Drôme on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de