algum

English

Alternative forms

• almug

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew

Noun

algum (uncountable)

1. A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11), possibly juniper or red sandalwood.

Translations

a tree and wood mentioned in the Bible

• Maori: aramuka
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: almugue m, algumim m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “algum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• almug, glaum, mulga

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Faroese

Noun

algum

1. indefinite dative plural of alga

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• algũ (obsolete)
• alghum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese algũu, from Vulgar Latin *alicūnus, from Latin aliquis + ūnus. Compare Spanish alguno, French aucun, Italian alcuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [awˈɡũ]
• IPA^(key): [aɫˈɡũ]
• Rhymes: -ũ

Pronoun

1. some, any

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:algum.

See also

• alguém