Sam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæm/

• Audio (US):

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• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈsæːm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Sam (plural Sams)

1. A diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson.
   • 2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security.

2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
3. A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (cén) or 沈 (shěn).
4. A town in Alibori department, Benin.
5. A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
6. A town in Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
7. A village in Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
8. A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
9. A surname from Khmer
10. (Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.

Derived terms

• Sam Scratch
• Slippery Sam

Noun

Sam (plural Sams)

1. (UK, informal) Synonym of Dicky Sam (“a man from Liverpool”)

Derived terms

• Silent Sam

See also

• Sammy
• Sam Sawet

Anagrams

• 'ams, Mas, mas, MSA, -mas, ASM, AMS, M.A.S., MAs, sma, M.A.s, SMA, M. A. S., MAS, A.M.s, asm

Dutch

Etymology

From Samuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Sam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Sam m

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Sam f

1. a female given name

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with German Saum, English seam, Dutch zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

Sam m (plural Seem)

1. seam, hem

Maranao

Proper noun

Sam

1. Thailand, Siam (a country in Southeast Asia)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Sundanese

Etymology

From Malay Syam, from Arabic شَام (šām), الشَّام (aš-šām)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sam/

Noun

Sam

1. Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia in the Middle East)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Wawacan Ahmad Muhammad:

     ...Raja Madinah lan Mekah,
     Raja Yaman, Sam, jeung Turki,
     Raja Kudis, Yunan, Kupah,
     Raja Erum sami linggih.

     ...The kings of Medina and Mecca
     The kings of Yemen, Levant, and the Turks
     The kings of Jerusalem, Greece and Kufa
     The king of Rome, sitting too

Further reading

• "SAM", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij