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fram
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.
Pronunciation
Adverb
fram (comparative fremri, superlative fremst)
- forward, ahead
Derived terms
Related terms
German
Verb
fram
- inflection of framen:
- imperative singular
- (colloquial) first-person singular present
Gothic
Romanization
fram
- Romanization of ????????????????
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fram?/
- Rhymes: -am?
Adverb
fram
- forth, forward
- away from the coast
- (Suðurland) towards the coast
Derived terms
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- from
Etymology
From English from.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?am/
- Hyphenation: fram
Preposition
fram
- from
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr?m?/
Adverb
fram
- forward
Alternative forms
- frem
Derived terms
References
- “fram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr?m?/
Adverb
fram
- forward
Derived terms
References
- “fram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
- from
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *prom-, *pr- (“forward, through”). Akin to Old High German fram (“forth, forward”), Old Norse fram (“forward, onward”, adverb), Old Norse frá (preposition), Gothic ???????????????? (fram).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr?m/
Preposition
fram
- from [+dative]
Descendants
- Middle English: from, fram, vrom, vram
- English: from
- ? Scots: from, frome
- English: from
Adverb
fram
- forward
Derived terms
- fram-
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fram, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forth, forward”).
Adverb
fram (comparative fremr, superlative fremst)
- forward, forth
Related terms
- framr
Descendants
References
- fram in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fram/
Adverb
fram (not comparable)
- forward, in front
- 1907, Laura Fitinghoff, Barnen från Frostmofjället
- Anna-Lisa rodnade djupt när hon ensam gick fram.
- Anna-Lisa blushed deeply when she all alone went forward.
- Anna-Lisa rodnade djupt när hon ensam gick fram.
- Antonym: bak
- 1907, Laura Fitinghoff, Barnen från Frostmofjället
Usage notes
Used for spatial, either of movement through or of position in space, as well as temporal adverbials; in the latter usage it will often correspond to later on. It is also a particle used in the formation of Swedish phrasal verbs.
Derived terms
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dram
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?, “unit of weight; a handful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?æm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Noun
dram (plural drams)
- (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
- One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g).
- (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“1?8 ounce apothecary (3.89 g) (symbol: ?)”).
- (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":
- Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ?); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ?).
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":
- (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
- (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
- (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
- The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
- They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]
- The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
Synonyms
- (small amount of something): mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch
- (small amount of alcohol): nip, shot, slug, snifter, tot
Derived terms
- angel's dram
- dram shop liability
Descendants
- ? Danish: dram
- ? Faroese: drammur
- ? Norwegian: dram
- ? Scottish Gaelic: dràm
Translations
Verb
dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)
- (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.
- 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, 'Newcomes xxviii. (1868) II. 335
- The parents. . are getting ready their daughter for sale . . praying her, and imploring her, and dramming her, and coaxing her.
- 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, 'Newcomes xxviii. (1868) II. 335
Etymology 2
From Armenian ???? (dram), from Middle Persian ????????????????? (z?zn /drahm/), from Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?, “unit of weight, a handful”), from ????????? (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?æm/, /d??m/
Noun
dram (plural drams)
- (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
Translations
Anagrams
- AMDR, Adm'r, RADM, RAdm, arm'd, mard
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, variant of dragme.
Noun
dram c (singular definite drammen, plural indefinite dramme or drammer)
- dram (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?m
Verb
dram
- first-person singular present indicative of drammen
- imperative of drammen
Anagrams
- darm, R'dam
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?). Doublet of drakme.
Noun
dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammer, definite plural drammene)
- a dram, nip, shot (usually of brandy)
References
- “dram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dram” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (drakhm?). Doublet of drakme.
Noun
dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammar, definite plural drammane)
- a dram, nip, shot (usually of brandy)
References
- “dram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *draum
Noun
dr?m m
- a dream
Inflection
Romanian
Etymology
From Greek ????? (drámi)
Noun
dram n (uncountable)
- dram
- tiny amount
Declension
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