gram
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), a semantic calque of Latin scripulum (cf. scrupulus), erroneously thought to be derived from scribo (“to write”).
Noun
gram (plural grams)
- A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g
Translations
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Etymology 2
From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin grānum.[1]
Noun
gram (uncountable)
- A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
- (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Diminutive of grandmother
Noun
gram (plural grams)
Etymology 4
Old English, akin to grim. See grama.
Adjective
gram (comparative more gram, superlative most gram)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
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Noun
gram (uncountable)
References
- ^ Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. 1976. pp. 566
Further reading
gram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gram m (plural grams)
- gram (unit of mass)
Further reading
- “gram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
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- gram (unit)
Further reading
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur (“resentful, irritated”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gram
Inflection
Inflection of gram | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | gram | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | gramt | — | —2 |
Plural | gramme | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | gramme | — | — |
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. |
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Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek γραμμά (grammá).
Pronunciation
Noun
gram n (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)
- gram (unit of mass)
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
gram n (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)
- gram (unit of mass)
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch gram (“wrath”).
Adjective
gram (comparative grammer, superlative gramst)
Etymology 3
Substantivization of the adjective above.
Noun
gram m (uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)
See also
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gram, from Old High German gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
gram (not comparable)
Further reading
- “gram” in Duden online
Irish
Etymology
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), a semantic calque of Latin scripulum (cf. scrupulus), erroneously thought to be derived from scribo (“to write”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gram m (genitive singular graim, nominative plural graim)
- gram (unit of mass)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gram | ghram | ngram |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.
Adjective
gram
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: gram
Further reading
- “gram”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gram (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)
Noun
gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma or grammene)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)
Noun
gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma)
Derived terms
References
- “gram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gram
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
gram m inan
- gram (unit of mass)
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
gram
Further reading
Portuguese
Noun
gram m (plural grãos)
Descendants
- → English: gram
Adjective
gram
Romanian
Noun
gram n
- gram (unit of mass)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
grȁm m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏м)
- gram (unit)
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Noun
gram n
- gram (unit of mass)
Tatar
Noun
gram
- gram (unit of mass)
Declension
References
Volapük
Noun
gram (nominative plural grams)
Declension
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