tam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

English

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. A tam o'shanter, a tall knit wool cap traditionally associated with Scotland.
   • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, Chicago Reader:

     Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

See also

• Tam (cap) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Tam (cap)

Anagrams

• AMT, ATM, atm, Mat, Mat., mat, TMA

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Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

1. teeming, full

References

• V. A. Mirjejev, S. M. Usejinov (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Adverb

tam

1. there (in or at that place or location)
2. there (to or into that place)

Antonyms

• (to or into that place): zpět, zpátky

Derived terms

• tamní
• tamější
• tamtudy

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑm

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

1. tame, not wild
2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Declension

Declension of tam

		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		tam	tammer	het tamst het tamste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	tamme	tammere	tamste
	n. sing.	tam	tammer	tamste
	plural	tamme	tammere	tamste
definite		tamme	tammere	tamste
partitive		tams	tammers	—

Anagrams

• mat

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Kurdish

Noun

tam ?

1. taste

Derived terms

• bêtam
• bêtamî
• bêtamîtî
• bêtamtî
• bitam
• bitamî
• bitamîtî
• bitamtî
• tamandin
• tamandî
• tamdar
• tamdarî
• tamdarîtî
• tamdartî
• tamder
• tamderî
• tamderîtî
• tamdertî
• tamdêr
• tamdêrî
• tamdêrîtî
• tamdêrtî
• tamijandin
• tamijandî
• tamijiyayî
• tamijî
• tamijîn
• tamijîner
• tamijok
• tamî
• tam jê hatin
• tamker
• tam kirin
• tamkirî

Adverb

tam

1. precisely, exactly

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Latin

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. so, to such an extent

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Latvian

Pronoun

tam

1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

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Lojban

Rafsi

tam

1. rafsi of tarmi.

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Lower Sorbian

Adverb

tam

1. there (in that place)

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Norwegian

Adjective

tam

1. tame, domesticated

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Novial

Adverb

tam

1. as (comparative)

Coordinate terms

• plu
• min

See also

• kam

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *tamaz, whence also Old High German zam, Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam

1. tame

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ãm]

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Pronoun

tam

1. there

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Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of tão.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamъ.

Adverb

tam

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms

• tamo

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Slovak

Adverb

tam

1. there

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtám/
• Tonal: tȁm

Adverb

tàm

1. there, in that place

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam

1. tame (not wild)

Declension

Declension of tam

Inflections of tam		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	tam	tamare		tamast
	Neuter	tamt
Definite singular	Masc.	tame		tamaste
	All	tama		tamaste
Plural		tama		tamaste

Related terms

• tämja

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Upper Sorbian

Adverb

tam

1. there

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, from 三 ("three")

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): /taːm˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA^(key): /taːm˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): /taːm˧˥/

Numeral

tam

1. (cardinal) three

See also

• ba