erm

See also: ERM

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜːm

Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare um.

Interjection

erm

1. (UK) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm.

   She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.

2. (UK) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.

   Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.

   - Bob would never say something like that!
   - Erm, he just did.

Translations

expression of uncertainty

• Dutch: euh (nl)
• Estonian: ää
• Finnish: öö (fi), ää (fi), umm, ööh
• French: euh (fr)
• German: äh (de)
• Italian: uhm
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: hm
• Russian: эээ (eee), эммм (emmm), хммм (xmmm)
• Serbo-Croatian: ovaj, umm
• Swedish: öh (sv)
• Welsh: ym

indication of secondary message

• Dutch: euh (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: öhöm, tuota (fi), tota (fi)

Anagrams

• -mer, EMR, MER, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, mer, mer-, rem, π-mer

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).

Adjective

erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)

1. deserted, abandoned
2. uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)

Noun

erm m (plural erms)

1. wasteland

Further reading

• “erm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “erm”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “erm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “erm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *armaz.

Noun

erm m

1. arm

Inflection

Declension of erm (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	erm	ermar, erma
genitive	ermes	erma
dative	erme	ermum, ermem
accusative	erm	ermar, erma

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: iarem

  Hallig: eerm

  Helgoland: Iaarem

  Mooring: ärm

• Saterland Frisian: Ierm
• West Frisian: earm