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ram
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) enPR: r?m, IPA(key): /?æm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).
Noun
ram (plural rams)
- A male sheep, typically uncastrated
- A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
- A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
- A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
- A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
- A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rammen, from the noun (see above). Compare Old High German rammen.
Verb
ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
- The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.
- Two snatch thieves who snatched a woman’s bag experienced swift karma when their victim accidentally rammed into their motorcycle.
- (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
- After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.
- To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.
- (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
- Rammed earth walls
- (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
- 1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica
- like feel a soft butt against their pelvis or ram a girl really hard with piston-like speed while she begs and screams for more
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Translations
See also
- Wikipedia article on sheep
- ewe
- hog
- shearling
- teg
- wether
Etymology 3
Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram (“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish (“rank, offensive in smell”).
Adjective
ram (comparative more ram, superlative most ram)
- (Northern England) Rancid, offensive in smell or taste.
Anagrams
- -mar-, AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RMA, arm, mar, mar-
Catalan
Etymology
Latin r?mus
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ram/
Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- bouquet, bunch
- (architecture) flight of stairs
- (figuratively) branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)
Derived terms
- ramegall
- ramejar
- ramell
Further reading
- “ram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “ram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ram” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?m/
- Hyphenation: ram
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”).
Noun
ram m (plural rammen, diminutive rammetje n, feminine ooi)
- ram (male sheep)
- male rabbit
- battering ram
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
ram
- first-person singular present indicative of rammen
- imperative of rammen
Anagrams
- arm
Elfdalian
Adjective
ram
- hoarse
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Friulian
Etymology 1
From Latin r?mus.
Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- branch
Related terms
- rame
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *arame(n), from Late Latin aer?men, from Latin aes (“copper”). Compare Italian rame.
Noun
ram m
- copper
Gerka
Alternative forms
- ?am
Etymology
Related to Ngas am (“water”).
Noun
ram
- water
References
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 201:
- […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-? "water" [GT]:
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *h?m) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: Gerka ram [?am, ref. < *ham] [Ftp. 1911, 221] = ?àm "Wasser" [Jng. 1965, 174], […]
Haruai
Noun
ram
- house
Further reading
- Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, ?ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"
Kobon
Noun
ram
- house
Further reading
- Bernard Comrie, Switch Reference in Huichol, in Switch-reference and Universal Grammar, edited by John Haiman, Pamela Munro, page 29 (in notes):
- hol b? kaj pak-ul ram ud ar-bul
- we-two man pig strike SS-1DU house take go I-1DU
- 'we two killed a pig and took it home'
- Dicky Gilbers, John A. Nerbonne, J. Schaeken, Languages in Contact (2000, ?ISBN), page 84: "Examples of basic vocabulary items that are shared by Haruai and Kobon but not by Hagahai (on the basis of the lists in Davies and Comrie (1984)) include, for instance: Haruai ram, Kobon ram 'house';"
Maltese
Etymology
From Italian rame (“copper”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ram m
- copper
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rame, ramme, rom, rem
Etymology
From Old English ramm, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ram/, /ra?m/, /r?m/
Noun
ram (plural rams)
- male sheep, ram
- (astrology) Aries
- pile driver, battering ram
Descendants
- English: ram
- Scots: ram
References
- “ram, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ram
- imperative of ramme
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin r?mus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French raim.
Noun
ram m (oblique plural rams, nominative singular rams, nominative plural ram)
- branch (of a tree, etc.)
Related terms
- ramel
Descendants
- Catalan: ram
- Occitan: ram
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “r?mus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 39
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin r?mus, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds (“root”).
Noun
ram n (plural ramuri)
- (rare) branch, bough
Synonyms
- creang?
- ramur?
Related terms
- d?râma
- ramur?
- r?muros
Romansch
Etymology 1
From Latin r?mus.
Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- (Puter) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
- (Puter, education) subject
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
Synonyms
- (branch): (Puter) manzina
Etymology 2
Germanic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ram? (“frame”).
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Noun
ram m (plural rams)
- (Puter) frame, framework
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
- (Sursilvan) rama
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ram f (plural rams)
- (Puter) knot, gnarl
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ramr, from Proto-Germanic *ram? (“frame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??m/
Noun
ram c
- frame (e.g. around a painting)
- frame, boundaries (the set of options for actions given)
- frame (a context for understanding)
- paw (of a bear)
- bicycle frame
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: raami
Anagrams
- arm, mar
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English rum.
Noun
ram
- rum
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [za?m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?a?m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a?m??]
Noun
ram
- (Central Vietnam) spring roll
Synonyms
- nem
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ranch
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge or station”), from Old French ranger (“install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ænt?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???nt?/
- Rhymes: -??nt?, -ænt?
Noun
ranch (plural ranches)
- A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
- A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
- Ranch dressing.
Derived terms
- ranch dressing
- rancher
- ranchhand
- ranchslider, ranch slider
Translations
Verb
ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)
- To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.
- Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
- To work on a ranch
- Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From English ranch.
Noun
ranch c (singular definite ranchen, plural indefinite rancher)
- a ranch
Declension
Derived terms
- gæsteranch
See also
- rancher
References
- “ranch” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English ranch, from Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ranch m (plural ranches or ranchen, diminutive ranchje n)
- ranch, notably livestock breeding farm, especially in North America and in other English-speaking countries
Related terms
- rancher m
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English ranch, from American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge, station”), from Old French ranger (“to install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank). Doublet of rancio.
Noun
ranch m (invariable)
- A ranch, notably livestock breeding farm.
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