different between ale vs rum

English

Alternative forms

• eale (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Swedish öl), from Proto-Indo-European *h?elut- (“beer”), or *h?elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ?? (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian ??? (??i); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), al?ta (“tawed leather”), Ancient Greek ????????? (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /e?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

ale (countable and uncountable, plural ales)

1. (dated) A beer made without hops.
2. A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
3. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

Synonyms

• (liquor): beer (loosely), yill

Derived terms

• alewife
• brown ale
• cakes and ale
• ginger ale
• India pale ale
• pale ale
• real ale

Related terms

• alehouse
• bridal
• gruit

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: ale
• ? Finnish: ale
• ? French: ale

Anagrams

• E-la, EAL, ELA, Ela, LAE, LEA, Lea, ael, lea

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??le/

Interjection

alé

1. signifies surprise; wow!

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àle]

Pronoun

ale

1. him

Basque

Noun

ale

1. grain

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?/
• Rhymes: -al?

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Conjunction

ale

1. but

   Synonym: avšak

See also

• jenže

Further reading

• ale in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• ale in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?l/
• Hyphenation: ale
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

ale m or n (uncountable)

1. ale

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish halme and Livvi halmeh. From either Proto-Germanic *halmaz or a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian salms and Latvian želmuo.

Noun

ale (genitive ale, partitive alet)

1. slash-and-burn (the technique)
2. the forest cut down to create new land in slash-and-burn
3. the land created through slash-and-burn

Declension

Finnish

Etymology 1

< alennusmyynti (“sale”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??le/, [??le?]
• Rhymes: -?le
• Syllabification: a?le

Noun

ale

1. (colloquial) sale (selling of goods at bargain prices)

Declension

Compounds

• alehalli
• alehinta

Etymology 2

From English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ei?l/, [?e?i?l]
• Syllabification: ale

Noun

ale

1. ale (type of beer)

Declension

In speech, type 5 (risti) is normally used, giving for instance nominative singular eil, genitive eilin, partitive eiliä, nominative plural eilit and genitive plural eilien.

Anagrams

• Lea

French

Etymology

From English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l/

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

1. ale
   • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:

     il mangea un rosbif aux pommes et s'enfourna deux pintes d’ale, excité par ce petit goût de vacherie musquée que dégage cette fine et pâle bière.

     He ate roast beef with apples and put away two pints of ale, excited by the little taste of musky trickery given off by this fine, pale beer.

Further reading

• “ale” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin ?la.

Noun

ale f (plural alis)

1. wing

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French aller (“go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.le/

Verb

ale

1. go

   Synonym: al

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.le/
• Hyphenation: à?le

Noun

ale f

1. (poetic) plural of ala; wings.

See also

• ali

Latin

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular present active imperative of al?

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al?/, [?al?]

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Conjunction

ale

1. but

Further reading

• ale in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• ale in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Lule Sami

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular imperative of ij

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French aller.

Verb

ale (medial form al)

1. To go

Middle Dutch

Etymology

from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu.

Noun

?le n

1. ale

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: aal
• Limburgish: aal

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ale”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ail

Etymology

From Old English ealu, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h?elut-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?l(?)/

Noun

ale (plural ales)

1. ale (beverage)

Related terms

• bridale

Descendants

• English: ale
• Scots: yill, ale, aill, ayll

References

• “?le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?ale/

Verb

ale

1. second-person singular imperative of ii

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ale (present tense el or aler, past tense ol or alte, supine ale or alt, past participle alen or alt, present participle alande, imperative al)

1. Alternative form of ala

Anagrams

• ela, lea

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.l?/
• Homophones: Ale, Al?

Conjunction

ale

1. but

Particle

ale

1. (colloquial) used at the beginning of sentence for emphasis

2. used at the beginning of sentence similar to English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times

Further reading

• ale in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ale in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

ale

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of alar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.le/

Article

ale

1. of (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)

See also

• al (masculine/neuter singular)
• a (feminine singular)
• ai (masculine plural)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a li, *a le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âle/
• Hyphenation: a?le

Conjunction

?le (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (Kajkavian) but
2. (Kajkavian) however

Synonyms

• ali

Spanish

Etymology

From English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eil/, [?ei?l]

Noun

ale f (plural ales)

1. ale (intoxicating liquor)

Tagalog

Noun

ale

1. stepmother
2. aunt

References

• The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary

Tarantino

Noun

ale

1. wing (of a bird etc)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Conjunction

ale

1. but

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

In common use since by at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include:

• that it derives from rum (“fine, good”), or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, the first theory is now considered unlikely),
• that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, or
• that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (but these drinks were not originally made with rum)
• that it derives from rummer, from Dutch [Term?]

Alternative forms

• rhum (Philippines)

Noun

rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

   The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.

2. (countable) A serving of rum.

   Jake tossed down three rums.

3. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.

   Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.

4. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
5. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
   • 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn

     No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

Synonyms

• (spirit): rumbullion (obsolete)
• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

Derived terms

• rum baba

Related terms

• baba au rhum

Descendants

Translations

Etymology 2

From the earlier form rome, slang for "good"; possibly of Romani origin; compare rom.

Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]

   having a rum time

2. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]

   a rum idea; a rum fellow

   • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Google Books

     "Can't you see him?"

     "Well, I almost thought I did—for a moment. It's such a rum light."

   • 1976, James Herriot, All Things Wise and Wonderful, page 346

     "She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum 'un, isn't it?" It was very rum indeed.

Synonyms

• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

• rum go

Noun

rum (plural rums)

1. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

Etymology 3

Shortening of rummy.

Noun

rum

1. (rare) The card game rummy.

References

Anagrams

• MRU, RMU, URM

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Noun

rum

1. room

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rum/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Rum, from English rum, originally rumbullion.

Noun

rum m

1. rum

Declension

Etymology 2

Probably from German Rummel (“bustle”).

Noun

rum m

1. rubble

Declension

Derived terms

• rumišt?

References

Further reading

• rum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• rum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rom?/, [???m?]
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *r?m? (“room, open space”), cognate with English room, German Raum, Dutch ruim, Gothic ???????????? (rum).

Noun

rum n (singular definite rummet, plural indefinite rum)

1. room (part of a building)
2. compartment
3. (chiefly definite) space (the universe except Earth and its atmosphere)

   rumfarttøj (“space vehicle”), rumrejse (“space travel”)

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic *r?maz (“roomy, spacious, open”), cognate with English room (archaic), German raum (archaic), Dutch ruim, Chong ????????????????. Related to the noun.

Adjective

rum (neuter rumt, plural and definite singular attributive rumme)

1. (archaic) wide, spacious

   in the modern language only in the expressions i rum sø (“in open sea”) and rum tid (“long time”)

Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rum

1. imperative of rumme

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?m/
• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

rum m (uncountable)

1. rum (alcoholic beverage)

Derived terms

• rumboon

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?m/

Noun

rum

1. room

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

German

Etymology

From dialectal German (e)rum, reduced form of herum and in some dialects darum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/

Adverb

rum

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of herum (“around”)

Usage notes

• While most or all instances of standard herum can be replaced with rum in the vernacular, compounds that are inherently colloquial will typically sound odd when herum is used in them. These will appear in writing with rum or not at all.

Derived terms

• rumballern
• rumeiern
• rumsitzen
• rumstehen

Gothic

Romanization

rum

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rum]
• Hyphenation: rum
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

rum (plural rumok)

1. rum (a distilled spirit)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• rum in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Noun

rum m (genitive singular rum, nominative plural rumanna)

1. rum

Declension

References

• "rum" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Alternative forms

• rhum

Etymology

Borrowed from English rum.

Noun

rum m (invariable)

1. rum (distilled spirit)

Derived terms

• rum fantasia

Kashubian

Noun

rum m

1. space

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Ruum, from Old Saxon r?m, from Proto-Germanic *r?m?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rum]

Noun

rum m (diminutive rumk)

1. room, space

Declension

Derived terms

• rumašk
• rumejza
• rumnos?
• rumny
• rumowa?
• rumowa?
• rumowy

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?m/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *r?maz. Cognate with Old Saxon r?m, Dutch ruim, Old High German r?m, Old Norse rúmr, Gothic ???????????????? (rums).

Adjective

r?m

1. spacious, roomy
2. long, extended (of time)
3. liberal, extensive, ample, abundant, bountiful, expansive, generous

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *r?m?.

Noun

r?m n or m

1. room, space
2. a space of time, an interval
3. opportunity

Declension

Neuter

Masculine

Derived terms

• ?er?m

Descendants

• Middle English: roum, roume
  • English: room

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German herum.

Adverb

rum

1. around

Polish

Etymology

From English rum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rum/

Noun

rum m inan

1. rum (distilled spirit)
2. rum (serving)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) rumowy

Further reading

• rum in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?

Noun

rum m (plural runs)

1. rum

Romanian

Noun

rum n (plural rumuri)

1. Alternative form of rom

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic *r?m?, from Proto-Indo-European *row?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?m/

Noun

rum n

1. room; part of a building.

2. room; empty, available space; enough space

3. (mathematics) space

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

• mur

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English room.

Noun

rum

1. room

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [zum??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?um??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??m??]

Noun

rum

1. safflower