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English

Etymology

From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (meté?ron), from ???????? (meté?ros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from ???? (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ????? (aeír?, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”).

The original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, but the meaning of "meteor" is now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mi?t??/, /?mi?t???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?miti?/, [?mi?i?]

• Homophone: meatier

Noun

meteor (plural meteors)

1. A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere: A shooting star or falling star.
2. (archaic) Any atmospheric phenomenon. (Thus the derivation of meteorology.) These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     A meteor in the hazy air
     Play’d before his path;
     Before him now it roll’d
     A globe of livid fire; […]
     And now its wavy point
     Up-blazing rose, like a young cypress-tree
     Sway’d by the heavy wind;
     Anon to Thalaba it mov’d,
     And wrapt him in its pale innocuous fire

3. (juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
4. (martial arts) A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
5. (figuratively) Any short-lived source of wonderment.

Usage notes

• (streak of light in night sky): Not to be confused with meteoroid and meteorite (cause and remains of a meteor), or asteroid and comet (celestial bodies).

Quotations

• p. 1859 December, Herman Melville, “The Portent (1859)”

  But the streaming beard is shown

  (Weird John Brown),

  The meteor of the war.

Synonyms

• (streak of light in night sky): falling star, shooting star, faxed star

Coordinate terms

• (astronomical phenomenon): asteroid, comet

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

meteor (third-person singular simple present meteors, present participle meteoring, simple past and past participle meteored)

1. (intransitive) To move at great speed.

Further reading

• meteor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ometer, emoter, ometer, remote

Catalan

Noun

meteor m (plural meteors)

1. meteor

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?t?or]

Noun

meteor m

1. meteor (fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)

See also

• létavice
• pov?tro?

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From English meteor or German Meteor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?t?or]
• Hyphenation: me?te?or
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

meteor (plural meteorok)

1. (astronomy) meteor (a fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere)

Declension

References

Further reading

• meteor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (meté?ron)

Noun

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorer, definite plural meteorene)

1. a meteor

Synonyms

• stjerneskudd, stjerneskott

Derived terms

• meteoritt

References

• “meteor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (meté?ron)

Noun

meteor m (definite singular meteoren, indefinite plural meteorar, definite plural meteorane)

1. a meteor

Synonyms

• stjerneskot, stjerneskott

Derived terms

• meteoritt

References

• “meteor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t?.?r/

Noun

meteor m inan

1. (astronomy) meteor

Declension

Further reading

• meteor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met?o?r/
• Hyphenation: me?te?or

Noun

metè?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (astronomy) meteor

Declension

Swedish

Noun

meteor c

1. meteor

Declension

Related terms

• meteorit

See also

• meteorologi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”).

Noun

bum (plural bums)

1. The buttocks.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum.
2. (informal, rare) The anus.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:anus

Usage notes

• In Canada, bum is considered the most appropriate term when speaking to young children, as in Everyone please sit on your bum and we'll read a story. In the United States, bum is not often used in this sense (though this may vary from dialect to dialect) except in conscious imitation of British English. The term butt is the most common term in North America except in professional contexts such as medical, legal, and scientific where buttocks is generally used or gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, etc. for the muscles specifically. Glutes is often used in sports medicine and bodybuilding. Ass (originally a dialectal variant of arse) is considered vulgar in North America, whereas backside, behind, and bottom are considered to be non-specific terms.

Translations

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

1. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

Interjection

bum

1. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
   • 2010, Jill Mansell, Sheer Mischief:

     Maxine tried hers. 'Oh bum,' she said crossly. 'The sugar isn't sugar. It's salt.'

Derived terms

Etymology 2

1864, back-formation from bummer, from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”).

Noun

bum (plural bums)

2. (US, Canada, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.

   Synonyms: tramp, vagrant, wanderer, vagabond; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

3. (US, Canada, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.

   Synonyms: loafer, bumpkin, footler; see also Thesaurus:idler
4. (US, Canada, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
5. (colloquial) A drinking spree.

   Synonyms: binge, bender

Translations

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

   Synonyms: (British) cadge; see also Thesaurus:scrounge

2. (intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.

   Synonym: loiter

3. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

Translations

Adjective

bum (comparative bummer, superlative bummest)

1. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

2. Unfair.

3. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

   Synonym: (UK) duff

4. Unpleasant or unhappy.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Back-formation from bum out.

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

1. To depress; to make unhappy.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Etymology 4

See boom.

Noun

bum (plural bums)

1. (dated) A humming noise.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Verb

bum (third-person singular simple present bums, present participle bumming, simple past and past participle bummed)

1. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Etymology 5

Abbreviations.

Noun

bum (plural bums)

1. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.
   • 1705, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:

     About her Chariot, and behind, / Were Sergeants, Bums of every kind, / Tip-staffs, and all those Officers, / That squeeze a Living out of Tears.

References

Anagrams

• MBU, UMB, umb, umb-

Albanian

Etymology

From English boom with orthographic adaptation.

Noun

bum ?

1. (economics) boom

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch slagboom (“boom barrier, boom gate”) or boom (“beam, barrier, tree, pole”), from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch b?m, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Doublet of bom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?m]
• Hyphenation: bum

Noun

bum (first-person possessive bumku, second-person possessive bummu, third-person possessive bumnya)

1. boom barrier, boom gate
2. (figuratively) customs.

   Synonyms: duane, pabean

Alternative forms

• bom

Etymology 2

From English boom, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?m]
• Hyphenation: bum

Noun

bum (first-person possessive bumku, second-person possessive bummu, third-person possessive bumnya)

1. (economics, business) boom: a period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

bum m (genitive singular bum, nominative plural bumanna)

1. (sailing) boom

Declension

Synonyms

• crann scóide
• bumaile

Mutation

Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/

Verb

bum

1. swindle
2. cheat
3. trick

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/

Interjection

bum

1. boom! (sound of explosion)
2. bang! (any brief, sharp, loud noise)

Portuguese

Interjection

bum!

1. boom (sound of explosion)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

bum (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (Kajkavian) first-person singular future of biti

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bum/, [?b?m]

Interjection

¡bum!

1. boom (used to suggest the sound of an explosion)
2. boom (used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly)

See also

• pum
• pop

Transylvanian Saxon

Noun

bum m

1. tree

References

• Siebenbürger Sachsen

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/

Noun

bum (nominative plural bums)

1. act of building

Declension

Derived terms

• bumäd
• bumot

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /b??m/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /b?m/

Numeral

bum

1. Soft mutation of pum (“five”).

Mutation