grom

See also: Grom, grǫm, and grom.

English

A “grom” on a board.

Etymology

Shortened from grommet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grom (plural groms)

1. (surfing, snowboarding, skimboarding, slang) A young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder.

   They were having this contest for grommets. The waves were micro. Even the groms were disgusted.

Synonyms

• grommet

See also

• grummet

Anagrams

• gorm

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

grom

1. inflection of grommen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”). Compare Kashmiri گام (gām).

Noun

grom

1. village

   Synonym: dey

Middle English

Alternative forms

• grome, grume

Etymology

From Old English *grōma, *grōm, from Proto-West Germanic *grōmō (“growth, tumor, stomach swelling”). Compare Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grómr, gromr, and Old French gromme. Suggested to be either from the same root as growen (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grō-, with a noun-forming suffix *-m-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡroːm/

Noun

grom (plural gromes, genitive plural gromes or gromene)

1. A boy; a male child (of any age)
2. An attendant, servant, or follower (of a noble)
3. A man, especially a commoner.

Descendants

• English: groom
  • → Dutch: groom
• Scots: grome, grume, greem
• → Old French: gromme, groume
  • ⇒ Old French: groumet
    • Middle French: gourmet
      • French: gourmet
        • → English: gourmet
• → Icelandic: grómr, gromr

References

• “grọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 October 2018.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrʊmː/

Adjective

grom (masculine and feminine grom, neuter gromt, definite singular and plural gromme, comparative grommare, indefinite superlative grommast, definite superlative grommaste)

1. splendid, excellent, fine, very nice

References

• “grom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Adjective

grom

1. alternative form of gram

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔm/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrom/

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: grom
• Homophone: Grom

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish grom, from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.

Noun

grom m inan

1. (literary) thunder

Declension

Declension of grom

	singular	plural
nominative	grom	gromy
genitive	gromu	gromów
dative	gromowi	gromom
accusative	grom	gromy
instrumental	gromem	gromami
locative	gromie	gromach
vocative	gromie	gromy

Derived terms

adjectives

• gromowładny

adverbs

• jak grom z jasnego nieba

numerals

• od groma

Related terms

adjective

• gromki

noun

• grzmot

verbs

• gromić
• grzmieć

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grom

1. second-person singular imperative of gromić

Noun

grom

1. dative plural of gra

Further reading

• grom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• grom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “grom”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Romanian

Noun

grom m (plural gromi)

1. alternative form of groom

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	grom	gromul		gromi	gromii
genitive-dative	grom	gromului		gromi	gromilor
vocative	gromule			gromilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrôːm/

Noun

grȏm m inan (Cyrillic spelling гро̑м)

1. thunder

Declension

Declension of grom

	singular	plural
nominative	grȏm	grȍmovi
genitive	grȍma	grȍmōvā
dative	grȍmu	grȍmovima
accusative	grȏm	grȍmove
vocative	grȍme	grȍmovi
locative	grȍmu	grȍmovima
instrumental	grȍmom	grȍmovima

Related terms

• gr̀meti (“to thunder”)

Further reading

• “grom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gromъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔ́m/

Noun

grȍm m inan

1. thunder

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	gròm
genitive	grôma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gròm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	grôma
dative (dajȃlnik)	grômu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gròm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	grômu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	grômom

Further reading

• “grom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025