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rầm

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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rầm

  1. (architecture) beam; girder
    rầm nhàhouse beam

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic.

Adjective

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rầm (, 𫪌, , 𠽍, ⿰口簮, , ⿰車森) (diminutive reduplication rầm rầm) (onomatopoeia)

  1. Used to describe a loud echoing sound that shakes the surroundings: with a boom; bang; crash; foom
    Synonym: ầm
    đổ đánh rầmto fall with a bang
    • 2007 August 8, Trần Duy, “Đồng Nai - "thủ phủ" những cây cầu chờ sập [Đồng Nai – "capital" of bridges waiting to collapse]”, in Người Lao Động[1], Ho Chi Minh City, sourced from VietnamNet, retrieved 24 September 2025:
      Một chiếc container từ ngã ba Tân Vạn chạy đến. "Rầm! Rầm! Rầm!". Chiếc cầu rung rinh, lắc võng khi chiếc container lần lượt chạy qua từng nhịp cầu.
      A semi-trailer truck came from Tân Vạn intersection. Foom foom foom! The bridge rattled and heaved as the semi-trailer truck crossed each span of the bridge.
  2. noisy; clamorous; tumultuous
    Synonyms: ầm, rùm
    quát tháo rầm nhàto yell loudly throughout the house
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Combining form

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rầm

  1. reduplicant of rập, only used in rầm rập

References

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  • rầm”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation.