different between parm vs pram

English

Etymology

Shortening of parmigiana.

Noun

parm (uncountable)

1. A dish served with parmesan cheese.

Anagrams

• MRAP, pram, ramp

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *parma, originally onomatopoetic. Cognate to Finnish paarma, Ingrian paarmas. Possibly already from Proto-Finno-Ugric *parma: compare Eastern Mari ????? (pormo) and Erzya ????? (promo), ?????? (puromo).

Noun

parm (genitive parmu, partitive parmu)

1. horsefly, breezefly, gadfly, forest fly (fly of the family Tabanidae)
2. (colloquial, figuratively) drunkard

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish paarma.

Noun

parm

1. horsefly

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of perambulator

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?m, IPA^(key): /p?æm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

pram (plural prams)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.
   • 1975, Margaret Drabble, The Realms of Gold, 1977, page 127,

     Janet Bird née Ollerenshaw was pushing her pram along Tockley High Street.

   • 2006, Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale, unnumbered page,

     For a start the pram was heavier than it appeared, and also they were pulling it along very uneven ground. The edge of the field was slightly banked which tilted the pram at an angle.

   • 2012, Ramsey Campbell, Dark Companions, page 233,

     Stepping over her, he unbuttoned the pram?s apron and pulled it back.

     At first he couldn?t make out what the pram contained. He had to crane himself over, holding his body back from the obscuring light. The pram was full of groceries—cabbage, sprouts, potatoes.

Synonyms

• (US) baby carriage

Coordinate terms

• (vehicle in which an infant or toddler is pushed in sitting position): baby buggy, pushchair, pusher, stroller

Translations

Etymology 2

From Dutch praam (“a flat-bottomed boat”), from Middle Dutch praem, from Middle Low German pr?m, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *porm?. Doublet of farm.

Alternative forms

• praam, prahm

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: präm, IPA^(key): /p???m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

pram (plural prams)

1. (nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
2. (nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
3. A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
   • 1979 August, F. M. Paulson, Car-topable Craft, Field & Stream, page 50,

     Although the pram, like the johnboat, has a squared-off bow as well as stern, the bow lines on the pram will be narrower than those encountered on a johnboat.

   • 1994, Dave Hughes, Fly Fishing Basics, unnumbered page,

     Nothing can beat the simple pleasure of paddling a pram around on a foggy dawn, probing pad flats, stumps and fallen logs for lurking bass.

Translations

Anagrams

• MRAP, parm, ramp

Dutch

Etymology

From pramen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?m/
• Hyphenation: pram
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

pram m (plural prammen, diminutive prammetje n)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) A boob, a tit.

   Synonyms: borst, jetser, mem, tiet

2. (obsolete) A breast of a breastfeeding woman or a teat of a suckling female.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse prámr, from Middle Low German pr?m, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *porm?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?m?/

Noun

pram m (definite singular prammen, indefinite plural prammar, definite plural prammane)

1. a rowboat without a keel, a pram
2. a barge

References

• “pram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *porm?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâm/
• Hyphenation: pram

Noun

pr?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (historical, seafaring) ferry

Declension

Etymology 2

From pr?m?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâ?m/

Noun

pr?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. lock, tuft

Declension

References

• “pram” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “pram” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal