tam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

English

Etymology 1

Short for tam o'shanter.

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
   • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

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

Etymology 2

From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Anagrams

• AMT, ATM, MTA, Mat, Mat., TMA, amt, atm, mat

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Chewong

Noun

tam

1. water

References

• Signe Howell, Society and Cosmos: Chewong of Peninsular Malaysia (1984), page 128

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Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

1. teeming, full

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

• audio

  (file)

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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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

Inflection

Inflection of tam
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	tam	tammere	tammest2
Neuter singular	tamt	tammere	tammest2
Plural	tamme	tammere	tammest2
Definite attributive1	tamme	tammere	tammeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

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

Inflection

Inflection of tam
uninflected	tam
inflected	tamme
comparative	tammer
		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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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Adverb

tam

1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

See also

• kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [tã]

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

   Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet

   Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam

1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V

     Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.

     But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Often 'tips off' a subjunctive clause of result.

Coordinate terms

• quam

Derived terms

• tamen
• tamquam
• tandem
• tantus

Descendants

• Old Portuguese: tan
• Portuguese: tam, tão
• Spanish: tamaño, tan

References

• tam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
    

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Latvian

Pronoun

tam

1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

Adverb

tam

1. there (in that place)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

• temme

References

• “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

• temja, temje

References

• “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Adverb

tam

1. as (comparative)

Coordinate terms

• plu
• min

See also

• kam

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

tam

1. there

Further reading

• tam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of tão

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam (Cyrillic spelling там)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms

• tamo

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/

Adverb

tam

1. there
2. thither

Synonyms

• (thither): ta

Antonyms

• (there): tu
• (thither): sem

References

• tam in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtám/
• Tonal orthography: tȁm

Adverb

tàm

1. there, in that place

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

1. tame (not wild), domesticated

Declension

Inflection of tam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	tam	tamare	tamast
Neuter singular	tamt	tamare	tamast
Plural	tama	tamare	tamast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	tame	tamare	tamaste
All	tama	tamare	tamaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related terms

• tämja

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. there

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 三 (“three”).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

tam

1. (cardinal, Sino-Vietnamese) three
2. (ordinal) third; thirdly

See also

• ba