orm

See also: ORM, orm., and O/RM

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

Noun

orm c (singular definite ormen, plural indefinite orme or orm)

1. worm
2. grub
3. maggot

Inflection

Declension of orm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orm	ormen	orme orm	ormene
genitive	orms	ormens	ormes orms	ormenes

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəmˠ/, (unstressed) /əɾˠmˠ/

Pronoun

orm (emphatic ormsa)

1. first-person singular of ar: on me

   Tá ocras orm.

   I’m hungry. (literally “Hunger is upon me”)

References

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 299

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

Noun

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormer, definite plural ormene)

1. a snake
2. a worm

Synonyms

• slange (snake)

Derived terms

• hoggorm
• rundorm
• sjøorm

References

• “orm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Akin to English worm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrm/

Noun

orm m (definite singular ormen, indefinite plural ormar, definite plural ormane)

1. a snake
2. a worm

Synonyms

• slange (snake)

Derived terms

• hoggorm
• rundorm
• sjøorm

References

• “orm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• air + mi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾɔm/

Pronoun

orm

1. on me

   Tha an t-acras mòr orm. ― I am very hungry. (literally The hunger is great on me.)

Derived terms

• ormsa

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ormber (“snake, vermin, ringworm”), from Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, *wrmo- (“serpent, scorpion, maggot, worm”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn”). Akin to English worm, wyrm. Doublet of vurm.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʊrm/

Noun

orm c

1. (zoology) snake; a legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes

Declension

Declension of orm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	orm	ormen	ormar	ormarna
Genitive	orms	ormens	ormars	ormarnas

Derived terms

• huggorm
• ormbett
• ormbunke
• ormgift
• ormskinn
• ormslå
• ormsten
• ormtjusare
• ormödla
• ringorm
• skallerorm

 

See also

• mask (“worm”)
• larv (“larva”)

Anagrams

• Rom, mor, rom