prom

See also: Prom and PROM

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of promenade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɑm/
• IPA^(key): /pɹɒm/
• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

prom (plural proms)

1. (British) a promenade concert
2. (British, abbreviation) promenade
3. (US) a formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year

Derived terms

• high school prom / high-school prom / highschool prom
• promposal

Translations

a promenade concert

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promenade

• Finnish: kävelykatu (fi), promenadi (fi)
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a formal ball

• Arabic: حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة f (ḥafla(t) mūsīqiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢業舞會／毕业舞会, 毕业舞会 (bìyè wǔhuì), 舞會／舞会 (zh) (wǔhuì), 舞会 (zh) (wǔhuì)

• Esperanto: balo, abiturienta balo
• Finnish: tanssiaiset (fi) pl
• French: bal de promo (fr), bal des finissants m (Canadian French), bal du printemps (Swiss French)
• Georgian: ბანკეტი (banḳeṭi), გამოსაშვები საღამო (gamosašvebi saɣamo)
• German: Ball (de) m, Abschlussball (de) m, Prom f, Promenade (de) f
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• Italian: ballo di fine anno
• Japanese: プロム (puromu), プロムナード (puromunādo), 舞踏会 (ぶとうかい, butōkai)
• Korean: 프롬 (peurom), 프롬나드 (peuromnadeu), 무도회 (ko) (mudohoe)
• Portuguese: baile de formatura
• Russian: (студенческий) бал (ru) m (bal), выпускно́й ве́чер m (vypusknój véčer) (graduation party), (US) пром m (prom)
• Swedish: bal (sv)
• Turkish: balo (tr)

Anagrams

• romp

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Latvian

Adverb

prom

1. away
2. off

Synonyms

• projām

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pormъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔm/

Noun

prom m inan

1. ferry
2. (astronautics) shuttle

   prom kosmiczny ― space shuttle

Declension

Declension of prom

	singular	plural
nominative	prom	promy
genitive	promu	promów
dative	promowi	promom
accusative	prom	promy
instrumental	promem	promami
locative	promie	promach
vocative	promie	promy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Volapük

Noun

prom (nominative plural proms)

1. promise

Declension

declension of prom

	singular	plural
nominative	prom	proms
genitive	proma	promas
dative	prome	promes
accusative	promi	promis
vocative 1	o prom!	o proms!
predicative 2	promu	promus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prom/

Noun

prom c (plural prommen, diminutive promke)

1. (Clay) plum

Alternative forms

• prûm (Wood)

Further reading

• “prom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011