different between erm vs erme

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from ermen, from Old English yrman. See yearn.

Verb

erme (third-person singular simple present ermes, present participle erming, simple past and past participle ermed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to feel sad.

Anagrams

• -mere, Emer., Mere, REME, meer, mere, reem

Italian

Noun

erme f

1. plural of erma

Anagrams

• mere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ermr

Noun

erme n (definite singular ermet, indefinite plural ermer, definite plural erma or ermene)

1. a sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)

Derived terms

• ermeløs
• skjorteerme

References

• “erme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• erm f (this spelling is preferred)

Etymology

From Old Norse ermr

Noun

erme n (definite singular ermet, indefinite plural erme, definite plural erma)

1. a sleeve (as above)

Derived terms

• ermelaus
• skjorteerme

References

• “erme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

erme ?

1. arm