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salm
English
Noun
salm (plural salms)
- Obsolete form of psalm.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)
Anagrams
- AMLs, AMSL, LAMs, Lams, MASL, SAML, SLAM, alms, lams, mals, masl, slam
Cornish
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [salm]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [s?lm]
Noun
salm m
- A psalm
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish salm, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (psalmós).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /?s??l???m?/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /?s?al???m?/
Noun
salm m (genitive singular sailm, nominative plural sailm)
- psalm
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “salm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- "salm" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “salm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “salm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salm/
Noun
salm m
- psalm
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sal??am/
Noun
salm f (genitive singular sailm, plural sailm)
- psalm
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [salm]
Noun
salm (nominative plural salms)
- (male or female) salmon (fish)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salm/
Noun
salm f (plural salmau, not mutable)
- A psalm
West Frisian
Etymology
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Noun
salm c (plural salmen, diminutive salmke)
- salmon
Further reading
- “salm”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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slam
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /slæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).
Verb
slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- 1742, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist
- D having seven Spades in his Hand wins them, and consequently slams A and B
- 1742, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist
- (transitive, slang) To change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without clear (if any) consent.
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
Synonyms
- (drink quickly): See also Thesaurus:drink
- (shoot up): bang
Derived terms
- slam the door on
- slam on the brakes
Translations
Noun
slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:
- How many slams in an old screen door? / Depends how loud you shut it.
- 1981, Shel Silverstein, “How Many, How Much”, A Light in the Attic, Harper & Row:
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A poetry slam.
- A slambook.
- 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)
- Regular friendship books had a variety of variations, such as slams, crams, and decos.
- 2017, Mark Duffett, Fan Identities and Practices in Context: Dedicated to Music (page 194)
- (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
- (music) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)
- (uncountable, obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- Synonym: spit
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
Derived terms
- grand slam
- little slam
Verb
slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)
- (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Etymology 3
Compare Dutch slomp, German Schlampe.
Noun
slam (plural slams)
- (obsolete) A shambling fellow.
Anagrams
- AMLs, AMSL, LAMs, Lams, MASL, SAML, alms, lams, mals, masl, salm
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?slam]
Noun
slam
- genitive plural of sláma
French
Noun
slam m (plural slams)
- poetry slam
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slam]
Noun
slam
- dative of sl?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Schlamm
Noun
slam n (definite singular slammet, uncountable)
- mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slurry
References
- “slam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “slam” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Schlamm
Noun
slam n (definite singular slammet, uncountable)
- mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slurry
References
- “slam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Volapük
Proper noun
slam
- Islam
Declension
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