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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?m/
• Homophone: dumb
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

From Hindi ?? (dam).

Adjective

dum (not comparable)

1. (India, cooking) cooked with steam

Etymology 2

Interjection

dum

1. Syllable used when humming a tune.
   • 2012, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Who is the Doctor

     I like to hang out with friends and travel the world. But if there's one thing I really love, it's Doctor Who. Dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum. Whooo-eee-oooo dum de dum, de dum de dum.

Etymology 3

Adjective

dum

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of dumb.

Anagrams

• DMU, MUD, UMD, mud

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr (“dumb”), and in the main sense stupid from German dumm. Both from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Low German dumm, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

dum

1. stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim
2. foolish, silly, daft

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/
• Hyphenation: dum
• Audio:

Preposition

dum

1. for

2. during
3. while
4. whereas

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dum, from Latin dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/

Preposition

dum

1. during, in (a period of time)

Derived terms

• dume (“meanwhile, meantime”)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dom, from Proto-Indo-European *dom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dum/, [d????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dum/, [d?um]

Conjunction

dum

1. while, whilst, as, meanwhile

2. until, long enough for (with subjunctive)
3. as long as

4. so long as, provided that
5. during (before a verbal substantive)

Usage notes

Most often used with the present indicative forms of verbs.

Derived terms

References

• dum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• dum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maia

Adjective

dum

1. wet

Middle English

Adjective

dum

1. Alternative form of dumb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-. Compare English dumb, Danish dum and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Adjective

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummere, indefinite superlative dummest, definite superlative dummeste)

1. foolish
2. stupid, silly

Derived terms

• dumhet

References

• “dum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-.

Adjective

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummare, indefinite superlative dummast, definite superlative dummaste)

1. foolish
2. stupid, silly

References

• “dum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• dun

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dum m

1. down, feathers of small birds used as insulation material in duvets and sleeping bags

Descendants

• Middle French: dun
• Norman: dùn
• ? Old French: dumet, dumect
  • Norman: dumet, deumet
  • ? Old French: duvet
    • Middle French: duvet
      • French: duvet
        • ? English: duvet
    • Norman: duvet

Old Irish

Noun

dum

1. Alternative form of daum

Mutation

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/

Noun

dum f

1. genitive plural of duma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'um (dated)

Etymology

From earlier d'um, from de (“of”) + um (“a”, masculine singular indefinite article).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /d?/
• (Portugal, following an oral sound) IPA^(key): [ð?]
• Rhymes: -?

Contraction

dum m (feminine duma, masculine plural duns, feminine plural dumas)

1. Contraction of de um (“pertaining or relating to a”).; of a; from a (masculine singular)

Usage notes

The contraction of de + um / uma is never obligatory and sometimes associated with spoken language. In a few cases it is not possible:

1. When de is part of a preposition, as in em vez de:

   Em vez de um escalão ter três anos, ...

2. When um is a numeral:

   Trata-se de um ou dois dias.

References

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz. More at dumb.

Adjective

dum

1. stupid; dumb

   Synonym: hoolich

Derived terms

• Dumstolt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dumber, from Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-. Compare Norwegian dumb, Danish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Dutch dom and German dumm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?/

Adjective

dum (comparative dummare, superlative dummast)

1. stupid, dumb
2. (childish) mean, cruel

Declension

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ??? (dom)

Noun

dum (plural dumlar)

1. tail

English

Etymology

Blend of do +? up, from Middle English don up (“to open”). Compare don, doff, dout, dub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Verb

dup (third-person singular simple present dups, present participle dupping, simple past and past participle dupped)

1. to open (a door, gate etc.)

Anagrams

• PDU, Pud, UDP, pud

Czech

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: dub

Interjection

dup

1. Interjection describing stamping

Derived terms

• dupat
• dupnout
• dupy dup
• coby dup

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dope, dopen, from Middle Dutch dôpen, from Old Dutch d?pen, from Proto-Germanic *daupijan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?p]
• Hyphenation: dup

Verb

dup

1. (colloquial) to baptize, to christen

   Synonym: baptis

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dup” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dup/
• Homophone: dób

Noun

dup f

1. genitive plural of dupa