different between derm vs erm

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m/ enPR: ûrm
• Rhymes: -?m

Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare um.

Interjection

erm

1. (Britain) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm.

   She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.

2. (Britain) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.

   Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.

   - Bob would never say something like that!
   - Erm, he just did.

Translations

Anagrams

• -mer, EMR, MER, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, mer, mer-, rem, ?-mer

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin er?mus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (erêmos).

Adjective

erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)

1. deserted, abandoned
2. uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)

Noun

erm m (plural erms)

1. wasteland

Further reading

• “erm” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “erm” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “erm” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “erm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• *arm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?erm/, [?ærm]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *arm. Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon arm.

Noun

erm m

2. (anatomy) arm

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: iarem

  Halligen: eerm

  Heligoland: iaarem

  Mooring: ärm

• Saterland Frisian: ierm
• West Frisian: earm

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *arm. Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon *arm.

Adjective

erm

2. poor

Descendants

• West Frisian: earm

References