straumur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse straumr (“a stream, a current, a race; the tide, a river”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strœyːmʏr̥/
• Rhymes: -øyːmʏr

Noun

straumur m (genitive singular straums, nominative plural straumar)

1. a stream, a current
2. an electric current

Synonyms

• (electric current): rafstraumur

Derived terms

• berjast með straumnum
• bitastraumur (“bit stream”)
• ferðamannastraumur (“tourist stream”)
• standa straum, standa straum af (“to bear the cost of”)
• straumdulritun (“stream cipher”)
• straumritill (“stream editor”)
• straumur af fólki