different between berm vs derm

English

Etymology

From French berme, from Middle Dutch barm (“berm”) (Modern Dutch berm), cognate with English brim.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)m

Noun

berm (plural berms)

1. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
2. A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
3. A terrace formed by wave action along a beach.
4. A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
5. A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
6. (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.

Synonyms

• (strip of land between street and sidewalk): see list at tree lawn
• (canal bank opposite towpath): heelpath

Translations

Verb

berm (third-person singular simple present berms, present participle berming, simple past and past participle bermed)

1. To provide something with a berm

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch baerm, from Old Dutch *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rm/
• Hyphenation: berm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Noun

berm m (plural bermen, diminutive bermpje n)

1. berm, verge, tree lawn, roadside (strip of land next to a road, street or sidewalk)

Derived terms

• bermlamp
• bermlicht
• bermooievaarsbek
• bermprostitutie
• bermtoerisme
• bermtoerist
• bermzuring
• binnenberm
• buitenberm
• grasberm
• zandberm
• zeeberm

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English beorma.

Noun

berm

1. Alternative form of berme

Etymology 2

From Old English bearm.

Noun

berm

1. Alternative form of barm

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek ????? (dérma, “skin”).

Noun

derm

1. (anatomy) The integument of animal; the skin.
2. Alternative form of dermis

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

derm (plural derms)

1. (slang) Clipping of dermatologist.

Etymology 3

From a borrowing of Afrikaans derm (“intestine”), related to Dutch darm (“intestine”). Doublet of tharm.

Noun

derm (plural derms)

1. (South Africa, slang, usually in the plural) guts

   What are you going to do with the fish derms?

   I saw an accident and a girl was lying on the pavement and her derms were all hanging out.

References

• 1978: A Dictionary of South African English. Ed. Jean Branford. Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• D-MER, Drem, E-DRM, EDMR, EMDR, merd

Afrikaans

Noun

derm (plural derms)

1. intestine, gut

Related terms

• ingewande